The fact that some people actually try to debate this and argue that it is somehow a welfare recipient's "right" to spend their government assistance funds on whatever they want to is reflective of the sad welfare state that we have become. You shouldn't have to justify your spending?!?!?! Uh, yeah....you absolutely should have to.

http://www.lex18.com/news/new-welfare-restrictions-target-booze-tattoos/

Let me be clear. I have no problem with assistance for people that are legitimately trying hard every day and can't make it on their own...no problem at all. A lot of people have the deck stacked against them sometimes. But if you think I'm EVER going to concede that it's somehow OKAY for people to be able to withdraw cash from their EBT cards and take it to buy liquor, cigarettes, booze, strippers, drugs, guns, or trips to the casino...you're crazy. I mean, lost your freakin mind crazy...

Are you kidding me?

You want to work as a stripper to make money to support your family? Hell, I'll applaud you for the effort and doing what you've got to do. But you want to buy a stripper with cash from the EBT card that was financed from tax dollars collected from me for hours that I spend working hard away from my family? You can go jump off a cliff and do the world a favor, as far as I'm concerned.