Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill Thursday instructing poor families about what they can’t spend their state cash assistance on.
Here’s the list:
Alcohol, cigarettes, concert tickets, collegiate and professional sports tickets, tickets for entertainment events for the public and adult sexual materials.
These places are forbidden:
Retail liquor stores, casinos, jewelry stores, tattoo parlors, massage parlors, body piercing parlors, spas, manicure shops, lingerie shops, tobacco paraphernalia stores, vapor cigarette stores, psychics and fortune tellers, bail bond companies, video arcades, movie theaters, swimming pools, cruise lines, theme parks, dog tracks, horse racing tracks, parimutuel facilities, sexually oriented businesses, strip clubs and businesses where minors are not permitted.
Another no-no for the poor receiving state aid in the Sunflower State, according Brownback, a Republican, and the GOP-led Kansas Legislature:
“Cash withdrawals from automated teller machines shall be limited to $25, per transaction and to one transaction per day,” according to the law.
Kansas is among a number of states that have adopted strict guidelines about how welfare recipients can spend their public assistance.