How welfare recipients live, a Republican’s view

Check out this compendium of Republican efforts to stymie the humanity at Huffington Post.

Kansas limits welfare recipients to $25 a day

And they can’t spend it on a cruise. What’s the matter with Kansas, I wonder? Curse you, welfare recipients who take cruises! And thanks, Cynical, for the link. And thanks, Sharon, for the illustration.  

An addition to the prayer list: Mo. Rep. Rick Brattin

Rep. Brattin has submitted a bill in Jefferson City that would remove, among other things, fish and steak from the list of food people could acquire with food stamps in the Great State of Missouri. Another bill would remove porn from the list of things welfare recipients can buy with their benefits. The porn? Well, …