[JPhillips]

Are you just going to limit it to one type of government assistance? What about subsidized student loans? Home mortgage deduction? Child care tax credit? Social security?

I get the moral outrage and in the above case it really is outrageous, but I don't think anyone wants a government so controlling that it determines what people can and can't purchase. Cross checking lottery winners with welfare roles seems appropriate and as long as it's cost effective I'm all for it. Government control of purchasing, especially if it only applies to the wrong type of person getting government assistance, is too much.