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New welfare restrictions target booze, tattoos

By Shannon Young
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BOSTON (AP) — Taking aim at what they call an abuse of the taxpayers’ money, a growing number of states are blocking welfare recipients from spending their benefits on booze, cigarettes, lottery tickets, casino gambling, tattoos and strippers.

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