More GOP class warfare against the poor

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

Wrong again.

TANF "cash" is preset money that deposited on an EBT card. There is no such thing as a TANF card. You use your EBT card in an ATM to get TANF cash.

But I'm sure you researched that before you stated it as fact. Like always.

http://www.mejp.org/ebt.htm

There are different programs, the one I was talking about with their EBT cards is SNAP, the national/state "food stamp" only-program; different from the TANF program which pays for rent, heating/cooling, etc.

The Food Stamp EBT cards do not allow purchase of non-food items like toilet paper, aspirin, shampoo, soap, liquor, cigarettes, etc. and you can't get cash off of it at an ATM. You cannot pay rent, heating, etc. with the "food stamp" EBT card.

The TANF EBT cards do allow cash to be taken out, but can be programmed to do the same type of thing. That's why it's a good thing to have debit cards, versus sending out a check in the mail or auto deposit. Easier to control the purchases.