Because grinding poverty isn't enough, Republicans are always looking for new ways to humiliate people receiving government aid. Kansas is really going all out on that right now, with a bill recently passed by the state legislature:
If Brownback signs the law, recipients of the state’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program would only be able to withdraw $25 a day with their benefits cards from ATMs, which act like debt cards. No other states or the federal government currently limit withdrawals.
So if you're a needy Kansan and you're going to have an emergency costing more than $25, better plan ahead!
The bill bans welfare recipients from using their benefits or withdrawing them at movie theaters, nail salons, pools and spas, liquor stores, jewelry stores, casinos or racing facilities, tattoo and piercing parlors, cruise ships, and other locations.
We're talking about benefits of $429 a month. For a family of three. But don't go blowing it all on a cruise, guys! The bill would also cap benefits at three years—four if a person can prove an extraordinary hardship like sexual assault—whereas the federal limit is five years.mean spirited and vindictive republican rich politicians this guys net worth 10 million and a 6 figure salary, this is why we should stop the money and electing rich that is backwards that's how it was in the days of kings in Britain and so on, landowners and leaders were always who had the most bucks, how can the gov't be for and by the people when the majority are not rich or have rich friends that can buy them a seat in gov't. rich people will never set forth legislation that forces them to relinquish one dime, those were Dems like the Kennedy's were the exception republican can't call one to mind.
those republican voter's who fall into this jackpot i hope you are realizing that you've been served.
http://www.getnetworth.com/tag/gov-sam-brownback-salary/
http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/blog/2014/11/how-gov-sam-brownback-s-salary-stacks-up.html
