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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
"The government is basically paying a scientist to do science."
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Some of those grants are meant for living expenses too, but I digress.
[quote=The_Jazz}'With welfare receipients, the government is helping them survive. Most people on welfare don't want to be, and most of them aren't on it for very long (the average is around 18 months). I think that this is needless government intrusion.'[/QUOTE]
Gambling is not survival. Gambling is a luxury and welfare isn't intended for luxury items. If welfare is meant to be for assistance, it should be where assistance is needed. If somebody has enough of a cushion to gamble away public money, that money is better spent on somebody else who needs it more. Not to mention the insult to working, tax paying people who see their paychecks slashed, some of whom cannot afford to go and gamble money away.