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Beer.Liquor.
Cigarettes.Porn.This isn’t just a list of things that can be bad for you.
This is a list of things that Americans are buying with cash welfare, thanks to a massive loophole in federal law.Thankfully, states are finally taking action to prevent this abuse and protect taxpayers, with strong guidance from the Trump administration.It’s an overlooked — but important — new front in the ongoing War on Fraud.DOJ THREATENS TO CUT BILLIONS IN WELFARE FUNDING FROM STATES FOR FAILING TO REPORT ILLEGAL MIGRANTSThe latest state to close this loophole is Nebraska.
On Oct.9, Republican Gov.
Jim Pillen directed the state to stop recipients of cash welfare from spending money on items like tobacco, porn, tattoos, psychic and fortune-telling services, luxury watches and much more.Going forward, if you receive money under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program in Nebraska, you cannot spend the money on things the taxpayer shouldn’t be funding in the first place.Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen speaks during a statue dedication ceremony for US writer and novelist Willa Cather, in Statuary Hall of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2023.
(JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)Americans may be forgiven for wondering why people in Nebraska — or anywhere else — were ever able to buy these things with cash welfare.After all, most people assume that government assistance is only supposed to fund specific things that families need.
Cash welfare in particular is explicitly designed to help low-income families "achieve economic security and stability." So, how did cigarettes and smut enter the picture?PRO-LIFE VS SOCIALISM: GOP LAWMAKERS DIVIDED OVER CONTROVERSIAL GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAMSIt’s true that federal rules stop you from spending cash welfare at places like liquor stores.But you can still buy alcohol at plenty of other places, such as grocery stores.
Similarly, you can’t spend cash welfare at casinos or strip clubs, but you can...