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Dragonknight · 02-19-2006, 09:23 PM

I say if you’re asking for gov't assistance then you should be expected to follow certain guidelines. I don't think people receive welfare should be able to gamble with it. Gambling is by no means necessary for your survival, and welfare is provided for your survival, not entertainment. Here's how I propose this can be implemented.

1. Put the welfare money received on a type of credit card that doesn't allow with drawls or X amount to be used on it in any one given transaction. This will help people from withdrawing money to gamble and getting cash back on there purchases strictly for the reasons of gambling.
2. Put people who receive (receive only) welfare in to a DB (as MH73 suggested).
3. Since casinos are supposed to be monitoring peoples ages when they gamble, then it should be no problem to swipe your DL to show your age and welfare status.
-If you are on welfare you obviously don't have much money to go gambling with so you can only use lets say 10 dollars to gamble for that week/two weeks/ month. Now your name is in the DB for having used your allotted amount of gambling money and you can't use any more for what ever period of time.

I specifically said a small number because if you are on welfare then you darn sure don't have enough money to be paying the five dollar min on any of the card/dice/or roulette games more then once or twice.

02-19-2006, 09:23 PM	#39 (permalink)
Dragonknight Insane Location: Hawaii	I say if you’re asking for gov't assistance then you should be expected to follow certain guidelines. I don't think people receive welfare should be able to gamble with it. Gambling is by no means necessary for your survival, and welfare is provided for your survival, not entertainment. Here's how I propose this can be implemented. 1. Put the welfare money received on a type of credit card that doesn't allow with drawls or X amount to be used on it in any one given transaction. This will help people from withdrawing money to gamble and getting cash back on there purchases strictly for the reasons of gambling. 2. Put people who receive (receive only) welfare in to a DB (as MH73 suggested). 3. Since casinos are supposed to be monitoring peoples ages when they gamble, then it should be no problem to swipe your DL to show your age and welfare status. -If you are on welfare you obviously don't have much money to go gambling with so you can only use lets say 10 dollars to gamble for that week/two weeks/ month. Now your name is in the DB for having used your allotted amount of gambling money and you can't use any more for what ever period of time. I specifically said a small number because if you are on welfare then you darn sure don't have enough money to be paying the five dollar min on any of the card/dice/or roulette games more then once or twice. __________________ Freedom is NOT Free. Last edited by Dragonknight; 02-19-2006 at 09:34 PM..