On the recordFebruary 10, 1994
we just recently witnessed a dreadful example of why it is so important to take cash out of our welfare system and replace it with a debit card. Mr. Speaker, in Chicago, 20 people were living in a 2-bedroom apartment, 5 families used the address to qualify for welfare--$4,500 in welfare benefits were going to the adults in the apartment. One mother admitted being a drug abuser. Most likely the five adults were using the children to feed their drug habits. Their children were being abused, and we the taxpayers were inadvertently assisting. Mr. Speaker, this is not an isolated incident. It is happening in varying degrees across the country. It is our welfare system that helps create this problem. A welfare debit card instead of cash payments will help prevent child abuse, help us with our war on drugs, and finally give the taxpayers an accounting of their hard-earned tax dollars.
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