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Showing Original Post only (View all)Should a person be able to use a welfare benefit card to pay bail? [View all]
Suppose police arrest a person and the accused is unable to post bail because he or she is impoverished. However, there is a balance on their welfare debit card. Should the state allow the person to use those funds to post bail?
The debate is fired up in my local community, and I am curious what others have to say.
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Should a person be able to use a welfare benefit card to pay bail? [View all]
Android3.14
Mar 2014
OP
You are wrong. A Maine EBT foodstamp-only recipient does NOT have access to cash. Period.
PotatoChip
Mar 2014
#36
Unless you like the government intruding in your life and how you spend
The Straight Story
Mar 2014
#10