http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/mar/03/end-welfare-abuse/
"In Our View: End Welfare Abuse." The Columbian. N.p., 3 Mar. 2011. Web. 28 Sept. 2011.
In the article "End Welfare Abuse" the author describes a new law taking effect that will help prevent people from abusing welfare. Welfare recipients recieve electronic benefits transfer cards, or EBTs. These work rather like a debt card, the user is able to swipe it to make purchases and money is added to the account monthly. The problem with EBTs, though, is that there is no control over where the cards are being used. Consequently, some people have been using their cards to buy drugs, alcohol, tobacco products, tattoos, pay bail, and at strip clubs, rather than for food and other essentials. Therefore, to prevent this from happening Senate Bill 5327 would forbid the use of EBT cards at taverns, liquor stores, gambling facilites, and other such establishments. In doing so, money will be saved for those who acually need and correctly use welfare.
The author's intent was to inform people about kinds of welfare abuse, as well as Senate Bill 5327 and how it would be beneficial. The intended audience was anyone learning about welfare abuse. The author was very biased towards the use of Senate Bill 5327 and biased against welfare abuse.
I thought this was a good article because I'm very against people taking assistance that other people need for their own selfish purposes. This would be a good article for other people because this will effect us all when we have to pay taxes that in part will go to welfare funds.
Awesome post, Laura! I completely agree to the fullest extent. I know from working at the grocery store in Hayfield that some assisted people DO take advantage of the EBT cards. Since I cannot tell customers they can not purchase lottery or tobacco with it, since it is legal, I see it a lot more than expected and it disappoints me. This is a great topic in which it affects many people, including tax payers. Although it may be a hard topic to argue for a paper, it is completely reasonable and some feel different towards it than others. Great topic once again.
ReplyDeleteGreat topic Laura! It seems so many Americans are trying to milk the system and get all this free money from the government and spending on things they don't really need! Like Jess, I also work in a grocery store, a better one I might add, but I see a lot of people buying things that the EBT card was not designed to help people purchase. Perhaps, the EBT system should be changed to that similar to the WIC system; where it can only be particular items that are food or other essentials. This could really make a great paper!
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