Gambling on Welfare?

Where do you even start with a story like this? When money is free, people waste it. And we can't have the stigma of "food stamps," can we? Please.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-welfare-casinos-20100624,0,6190326.story

Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear: "It is reprehensible that anyone would use taxpayer money for anything other than its intended purpose." As if government doesn't do that every day.