Palm Beach Strip Clubs: Florida bill would ban buying sweets with food stamps
February 9th, 2012 by palmbeach-stripperAssociated Press
FORT LAUDERDALE Florida’s poor can use food stamps to buy staples like
milk, vegetables, fruits and meat. But they can also use them to buy
sweets like cakes, cookies and Jell-O and snack foods like chips
something a state senator wants stopped.
Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, also wants to limit other welfare funds, known as Temporary Assistance For Needy Families, from being used at ATMs in casinos and strip clubs and anywhere out of state. The bill comes after reports that the debit cards welfare recipients now receive were used in those places, as well as locations in Las Vegas and the Virgin Islands in a small percentage of cases, but the state does not track what items were purchased.
The bill recently passed a committee. A companion bill in the state House is being considered by a subcommittee.
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