Governor Brownback is at again! Making life, for the poor, even more miserable!
Kansas Republicans have put forward a new policy initiative that's almost shocking in its clear intent to harm the interests of poor people. The provision, which takes effect July 1, will ban welfare recipients from taking out more than $25 in benefits a day from an ATM.Did they stop to think of the fees, most banks charge, for withdrawing money? It's actually a benefit cut to the already meagre benefits they get each month. Most ATM's don't stock $5 bills, so not only are they allowed to only withdraw $20, but pay a bank fee also, which sometimes is as much as $3 per withdrawal, so how much money are they losing of their already inadequate benefit.
Are you kidding me? Only $25 a day, from an ATM?
People in Brownback's position have no clue as to what it's like to be poor and rely on “government assistance”. He knows nothing about helping the poor. He robs from the poor, to give tax cuts to the rich, plus cuts other social programs just to pacify his “Billionaire” donors.
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