In 2012, Kansans receiving TANF funds spent $43,000 apparently for booze, strippers, smokes, and scratch-cards. The state government can't stop them.

Welfare schemes and entitlements have destroyed family life in the U.S. Republicans should stop selling alternatives to welfare as unpleasantness and spending cuts and instead focus on regenerating American freedom and generosity.

Michiganders are limited to 48 months of cash assistance in a lifetime.