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magellan

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14. A year or two ago there was much ado down here about the use of Electronic Benefit Transfer cards

Reply to James48 (Original post)

Fri Mar 15, 2013, 09:25 AM

Mar 2013

...at this business and others like it. The Florida Council of Compulsive Gambling lodged complaints, but these centers insisted there was no gambling going on and placed the blame on the government for giving unrestricted cash to welfare recipients.

Allied Veterans of the World figured prominently in these news stories.

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(FAKE) Fla. charity figures pumped $1M to (GOP)politicians [View all] James48 Mar 2013 OP

Clarification- James48 Mar 2013 #1

What can anyone say? Immoral and illegal. May they rot in prison and in hell. mountain grammy Mar 2013 #2

Republicans greedy & corrupt? Who'd a thunk it? catbyte Mar 2013 #3

Florida republicans, scams, kickbacks, and the Lt. Governor having to quit? Botany Mar 2013 #4

This needs to be hammered into the psyche of Cha Mar 2013 #5

This is the kind of group that turned the NC legislature repuke for the 1st time in 100 yrs. loudsue Mar 2013 #6

RICO pscot Mar 2013 #7

The charity got 2%. 1% better than A-Rod's charity amuse bouche Mar 2013 #8

Next time they'll just come up with another scam to fund campaigns davidpdx Mar 2013 #9

Nobody is surprised by this... I hope. IF you are... crawl out from under your rock dorksied Mar 2013 #10

Shame on the GOP... ReRe Mar 2013 #11

There is a REASON a popular website is called Crooks and Liars. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #12

They gave $100,000 to the dems too Botany Mar 2013 #13

A year or two ago there was much ado down here about the use of Electronic Benefit Transfer cards magellan Mar 2013 #14