WALKER: WELFARE RECIPIENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A DRINK ON OUR DIME

The mean nasty bill that would require a welfare waiting period for new Minnesota residents and prohibit welfare recipients from using their electronic benefit cards to buy cigarettes or alcohol passed the House of Representatives.

Please watch a clip from yesterday's debate on the provision to prohibit welfare recipients from using their electronic benefit cards to buy cigarettes or alcohol. DFL Representative Neva Walker tries to justify why welfare recipients should be able to buy booze and cigarettes with taxpayers' money.