Welfare recipients get $12,000 from strip club ATMs
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,6705176.story
In addition to casinos they're getting it in strip clubs.
".......Advocates for the poor say that it would be unconscionable to cut any more from the state's already shrinking social safety net, arguing that there are good reasons to preserve access to cash benefits even at gambling establishments.
"Casinos in some rural places have become like little hubs of the community," said Michael Herald, a lobbyist for the Western Center on Law and Poverty. "My guess is there's a small contingent of CalWorks recipients who work at, or live near, these casinos.".........."