Welfare cards in California work at ATM's in card rooms on casinos!
The Governator is promising an investigation and people on both sides of the aisle are expressing disgust and concern that such a thing can occur, especially during our current fiscal crisis.
I think it is appalling that welfare recipients are using casino ATM's because it means they are visiting the casinos, but I don;t understand the angst about the ATM's.
If you allow these people to access cash with ANY ATM, you are giving them the ability to gamble!
Why get upset that the casino's ATM works for them?
Update: Governor Ahnold has vowed to "terminate" this issue by insuring that no Casino ATM's will work with these cards. It was also revealed that the California government was partially responsible by actually publishing a list of compatible ATM's.
This is no solution.
They can still get cash and spend it on anything from cigarettes to crack.
Update #2: Now they are using them at Strip Clubs too.
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