article_snippet.sent: Liberal lawmakers complained that some welfare recipients use some welfare recipients debit cards to get funds for rent payments.
article_snippet.sent: Democratic state Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau told the Topeka Capital-Journal that forcing those people to make multiple trips to bank machines to pay those people bills 'is ludicrous.
article_snippet.sent: State Rep. Carolyn Bridges, another Democrat, complained during a legislative debate that putting limits on how the poor can spend taxpayer dollars says to State Rep. Carolyn Bridges, another Democrat: 'If you are asking for assistance in this state, you're sort of less than other people
article_snippet.sent: Republican state Rep. Kansas state Rep. Travis Couture-Lovelady (left) insists that getting welfare recipients 'back to work' justifies the new law, while state Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau (right) called it 'ludicrous' and 'outrageous'
article_snippet.sent: But state Sen. Michael O’Donnell, the Republican who gathered support for a House bill putting all the changes into place, said public assistance should be spent 'more responsibly' than public assistance had been in the past. '
article_snippet.sent: , O’Donnell told the paper.
article_snippet.sent: This is serious, good policy for the state of Kansas,' state Rep. Travis Couture-Lovelady, a Palco Republican, told the Associated Press. '
article_snippet.sent: There's nothing better to get these people back on these people feet than getting these people a job and getting these people back to work.'
article_snippet.sent: Another Democratic lawmaker, state Rep. Barbara Ballard, complained during a debate that telling welfare recipients that Another Democratic lawmaker, state Rep. Barbara Ballard can't use Another Democratic lawmaker, state Rep. Barbara Ballard state benefits to visit swimming pools would give the poor one fewer way to stay healthy.