The stupidity of government drones is so pervasive that it burns.
Dude, Where’s My EBT Card?
Colorado OKs Use of Public Assistance EBT Cards in Pot Shop ATMs
- Created on Friday, 17 January 2014 15:13
January 15, 2014; Pueblo Chieftain (Associated Press)
An interesting debate in Colorado concerning marijuana shops was just resolved in a way that goes against what the owners of pot stores wanted. Colorado’s Republican legislators proposed to add stores that sell recreational or medical marijuana to the list of places where recipients of public assistance couldn’t use their EBT cards at ATMs.
The storeowners actually agreed with the GOP proposal, primarily because they didn’t want to invite unnecessary federal scrutiny that might come with concerns about improper cash withdrawals on these government-issued cards. Already prohibited sites for the use of EBT cards for ATM cash withdrawals are casinos, liquor stores, gun shops, and, due to federal law, strip clubs.
However, Democrats on the State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee voted along party lines to allow the use of public assistance cards on ATMs in pot shops. Their reasoning is that many neighborhoods are “banking deserts” with few bank outlets and few ATMs. State Senator Irene Aguilar (D-Denver) explained, “I’m not comfortable limiting that access until I’m certain we’ve done that due diligence to make sure people can access their benefits when they need to.” Advocates for the poor agreed, suggesting, as did Terry Scanlon of the Colorado Center on Law & Policy, that they saw the legislation as “unnecessary regulation that could prevent access to benefits needed by low-income Coloradans.”
How can the government allow EBT cards to be used at any ATM? If they withdraw cash, they can use for anything they desire. Malt Liquor. Cigs, downpayment on a Cadillac Escalade.
It’s ok as the dollar continues to loose value. That will be last on the list. The FSA will just start pulling smash and grabs when they need weed. They will stop paying taxes too. Oh wait. They don’t do that now do they?
I got this sick feeling in my gut after reading this.It’s almost time for me to cut the IRS another check.
bb, sadly the government doesn’t depend solely on revenue for funding.
I really want to SLAP someone right now.
Damn, the democrats wanna make sure they keep their zombietuency happy!