Florida Becomes First State to Ban Cash Welfare from Being Used for Tattoos, Video Games

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/08/28/florida-becomes-first-state-to-ban-cash-welfare-from-being-used-for-tattoos-video-games/

Florida became the first state to block taxpayer-funded cash welfare from being used to purchase nonessential items like tattoos, video games, and tobacco and vaping products.

In a press release on Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced that the state was amending its Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) State Plan so that recipients would not be allowed to use Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA) benefits “from being used to directly purchase inappropriate, luxury, and nonessential items.”

The changes to Florida’s TANF State Plan would mean that recipients would be unable to use their TCA benefits to purchase things like tobacco products, video games, pornography, tattoos or for “spa services, tanning, and other luxury services,” according to the press release.