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Originally Posted by Tribesman
But they ain't normal ATM cards are they which is why the State supplies a list of companies that do accept them.
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That's the point.
They function 100% as normal ATM cards unless the State deletes a specific set of ATM machines. The whole EBT card thing is PC bullsh*t combined with some useful anti-fraud features (a college friend of mine was at Treasury and worked on this for Federal programs when they first switched over).
EBT cards replaced "food stamps" and other programs partially because it "hurt the self-esteem" of scumbags to have to buy food with foodstamps. It SHOULD hurt their self-esteem so they get the **** off welfare ASAP. Making it easier (psychologically) to stay on is insane.
The fraud part was real, but the EBT cards have not really helped as executed. What happens is that a crooked business takes the cards that are supposed to be used only for food, and gives cash in return for a %.
Welfare cards work similarly, but apparently just dole out cash.
Regardless, casinos are NOT the only ATM machines on the res. The idea that they just happened to use them out of convenience is
absurd.