California welfare cards can be used in many casino ATMs

Is it any wonder why we are failing as a society when the government allows things like this to occur.

From the LA Times

Reporting from Sacramento — California welfare recipients are able to use state-issued debit cards to withdraw cash on gaming floors in more than half of the casinos in the state, a Los Angeles Times review of records found.

The cards, provided by the Department of Social Services to help recipients feed and clothe their families, work in automated teller machines at 32 of 58 tribal casinos and 47 of 90 state-licensed poker rooms, the review found.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-welfare-casinos-20100624,0,6190326.story?track=rss