stupid because cigarettes are all tax. the welfare program then pays for itself.
like making purchase of lottery tickets legal with food stamps would.
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The sale of a single pack of cigarettes paid for with food stamps was grounds enough for state officials to ban a grocery store from being part of a subsidy program for the poor, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
``I must give him his due. He has considerably cretinized me.'' Lautréamont
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