The Bridge Card is an ATM and CC style card which combines the food stamps and monetary benefits of the welfare class into one easy to carry card, thus giving them self respect.
The reasons it pisses me off are, one, they hold up the line badly, and two, they get into brand new SUVs after buying food with my tax money through food stamps, and booze and cigs with my tax money through cash payments.
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What is a Bridge Card?
Answer:
Customers access their cash assistance accounts--Family Independence Program, State Disability Assistance, and Food Benefits (formerly Food Stamps)--using a debit card known as the Michigan "Bridge Card." Customers qualifying for expedited food stamp benefits that do not have a Bridge Card may receive one at the local office or have one mailed to their address. Over the county issued Bridge Cards are not temporary cards. Mailed Bridge Cards have the customer's name printed on them; however, the cards received from the local office do not. Customers are instructed to keep their Bridge Card and PIN in separate places.
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