Watching the Pole While on the Dole

A database of 200 million Electronic Benefit Transfer records from January 2011 to July 2012, obtained by The Post through a Freedom of Information request, showed welfare recipients using their EBT cards to make dozens of cash withdrawals at ATMs inside Hank’s Saloon in Brooklyn; the Blue Door Video porn shop in the East Village; The Anchor, a sleek SoHo lounge; the Patriot Saloon in TriBeCa; and Drinks Galore, a liquor distributor in The Bronx.

The state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA), which oversees the “cash assistance program,” even lists some of these welfare-ready ATMs on its Web site.

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Stimulus funds right? Stimulating in more way than one! Where do I sign up for mine?

This is an outrageous invasion of privacy. :Loco: :Loco:

[sarcsm]I was thinking this was an example of po'folks supporting single Mothers while enjoying a cocktail or two in the process.[/sarcsm]

I've got nothing against Jiggle Joints, lord knows over the course of my adult life I have wasted plenty of cash in "Gentleman's Clubs" around the world. Seeing tax dollars that are provided to those who qualify for assistance and intended to house, clothe, and feed them wasted strikes me as wrong. Putting the authorized ATMs in a titty bar or a liquor store and expecting that none of that cash will be spent in that business is foolish if not criminal.

It is all about buying votes but they are just more sneaky about it now. Give them debit cards instead of buying them a round at the saloon.