California EBT Cards welcomed at casinos and many fast food restaurants in the state

EBT (Food Stamp) Life: Is a series devoted to the many creative ways people have been using EBT (Food Stamp) Cards to subsidize their lifestyles. Please note that many of these methods are of dubious legality and are not recommended.

While many of you have been downing beers, smoking cigarettes, and doing drugs on the government dime for years, how many of you knew your EBT cards could be used to pay for your gambling expenses and to chow down on fast food too? Just when you thought it could not get any better, your California EBT Cards are now welcomed at almost half the casinos and many of the fast food restaurants in the state.

Gambling on the Suckas Dime

From the LA Times: California welfare cards can be used in many casino ATMs
[link to www.latimes.com]

Reporting from Sacramento — California welfare recipients are able to use state-issued debit cards to withdraw cash on gaming floors in more than half of the casinos in the state, a Los Angeles Times review of records found.

The cards, provided by the Department of Social Services to help recipients feed and clothe their families, work in automated teller machines at 32 of 58 tribal casinos and 47 of 90 state-licensed poker rooms, the review found."

As with most government programs, the tax payer can shove it up their pipe if they expect to learn how their money is being squandered:

"It's not clear which casinos are most frequently patronized by welfare recipients because social services officials denied a January request from The Times for data showing transaction information from all of the ATMs in their network. Department lawyers argued that federal law prohibits the state from releasing financial information about merchants who accept cards issued to welfare recipients."

Feasting on the Suckas Dime

In the juggernaut to expand welfare benefits into every facet of our live, Los Angeles County has implemented the Restaurant Meals Program: [link to www.ladpss.org]

"Introducing the new Food Stamp Restaurant Meals Program that allows homeless, disabled, and elderly (age 60 and over) Food Stamp households to use their Golden State Advantage (EBT) cards to purchase meals from participating restaurants.

On July 25, 2005, the Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) implemented the new Restaurant Meals Program throughout Los Angeles County. This program offers great benefits to eligible households since the homeless do not have a place to store and cook food, while the elderly and disabled may have difficulty preparing meals for themselves."


Lest your bleeding hearts start bleeting about how could anyone disagree with letting an ederly or disabled person use their food stamps to buy prepared food, please be advised that anyone with an EBT card can use it in a participating restaurant. The program relies on an honor system (see #3, from the FAQ Section):
image of #3 here [link to 2.bp.blogspot.com]

Best of all, unlike John Q Public your meal will be tax and gratuity free. Those things are for the suckas paying for your meal.



Finish this high pressure bullshit here
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