The Washington Post-Kansas has found the ultimate way to punish the poor

[Lady Freedom Returns]

By Max Ehrenfreund, May 21
A dollar bill is a special kind of thing. You can keep it as long as you like. You can pay for things with it. No one will ever charge you a fee. No one will ask any questions about your credit history. And other people won't try to tell you that they know how to spend that dollar better than you do.

For these reasons, cash is one of the most valuable resources a poor person in the United States can possess. Yet legislators in Kansas, not trusting the poor to use their money wisely, have voted to limit how much cash that welfare beneficiaries can receive, effectively reducing their overall benefits, as well.

The legislature placed a daily cap of $25 on cash withdrawals beginning July 1, which will force beneficiaries to make more frequent trips to the ATM to withdraw money from the debit cards used to pay public assistance benefits.

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[world wide wally]

1. If it's Kansas… it must be the "Christian" thing to do

[hifiguy]

2. And, incidentally, pay a fee for each withdrawal transaction.

The banks will love this.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Exactly!

Same with people who have no banks for their Soc. Sec. funds..they have fees to pay to use the debit cards.

Soon as the banksters figure out a way to make cash disappear ( and they are trying so very hard) they can slap fees on digital transactions.

[JimDandy]

4. I hope lawyers are getting clients lined up

in Kansas for a class action suit come July 1 when the law goes into effect. Every single TANF beneficiary will be affected by lack of full-access to their funds, which will be in violation of the Federal Rule pointed out in the article.