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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Really mean!  It's horrible to have to be forced onto welfare instead of working.  And if that's not punishment enough, now people from fly-over country and imposing restrictions to punish people for being poor!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/04/06/kansas-wants-to-ban-welfare-recipients-from-seeing-movies-going-swimming-on-governments-dime/

Regular folks are allowed to get tattoos, take the family to the movies, and maybe have a little fun once in a while at the casino; why shouldn't people from lesser-resources communities have the same rights?[/quote]

What do you mean forced onto welfare instead of working? That is ridiculous. Also it isn't a form of punishment.

"Regular" folks aren't "allowed" they choose to get those things, because they can afford to. These are not [i]rights[/i].

Welfare is meant to be a hand up to provide in the meantime while you look for employment or acquire skills to become employed. It is not meant to even some imaginary playing field of rights or to redistribute wealth.

If you want people who are poor to get tattoos or gamble then you should start a charity that does that, instead of get up in arms that the government and taxpayers don't pay for it.[/quote]

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