Washington State welfare cards used for strip clubs, tattoos, and bars. Your tax dollars at work.

WA state Senator Mike Carrell of Lakewood is sponsoring a bill to prevent the use of Washington's welfare cash cards from being used

Carrell says an investigation by Seattle TV station KING found that Washington's welfare cash cards are being used at strip clubs, sex shops, tattoo parlors, gun shops and taverns.

The station earlier found that about $2 million in welfare cash was withdrawn in one year at casinos. The Department of Social and Health Services asked casinos to block the use of the cards at their ATMs. Gambling with welfare cash is illegal.

D.A.G. Says: Why the hell didn't they simply design the cards to not work but for food and other necessities? Why rely on retailers.