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Well, a federal sting last year found that one Canarsie grocer was recording huge phony purchases on EBT cards, giving customers 70 percent in cash and pocketing the rest as a “commission.”

That one scam alone defrauded taxpayers of nearly $1 million over two years.

Last summer, the state Senate passed a bill by Sen. Thomas Libous (R-Binghamton) that would ban welfare spending on liquor, cigarettes, casinos, lottery tickets and adult entertainment.

It would also ban strip clubs and liquor stores from having ATMs that accept EBTs on premises.

But Libous’ bill has been stalled in Speaker Sheldon Silver’s Assembly — with no legislative daylight in sight.

Apart from the obvious fraud implications for taxpayers, there’s an even bigger money issue at stake.

Under a new federal law, states that fail to enact legislation like Libous’ by next year will lose 5% of their welfare funding.

In New York’s case, that’s $120 million a year — no small piece of change.

So Silver needs to agree to move the Libous bill in his house.

And Gov. Cuomo would do well to empanel one of his patented study commissions to get to the bottom of all those curious bodega transactions.

New York has an obligation to the poor — but it doesn’t include buying them drinks in strip clubs.

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Against my own better judgment, I have been closely following the fiscal cliff process in Washington. It appears that the wisdom of our Founding Fathers was insufficient to ensure that this collective group of elected officials would address a major crisis in any useful way.

I'm starting to wonder if this isn't the end of the great American experiment in democracy. We apparently have reached near total paralysis, where the big issues are ignored or dealt with in a cursory fashion. I don't see how this country can operate with a debt load so big and growing so fast that much of the resources our children create will have to be dedicated to paying off this burden. Our tax code promotes rather than reduces income inequality, and our defense budget reportedly exceeds that of the next 17 nations combined. We are faced with a climate crisis that could submerge coastal cities, and cripple our agricultural productivity and water supplies, yet the best Congress can do is extend the tax credit for wind energy by a single year, which grants almost no certainty to industry, utilities, and regulators. Our medical system costs more and delivers less than in most other industrialized countries, yet the majority of our elected officials are unwilling to make the full spectrum of changes required to contain accelerating costs and deliver decent service to all. (See "The Healing of America" by T.R. Reid for how other countries address health care.) And on and on...

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The most memorable and touching thing that happened at the event was when Warriors legend Peter Ndlovu opened up and spoke lengthily about his football career which was marred by regrets.

The former Warriors skipper was giving a word of advice to reigning Soccer Star of the Year, Dynamos midfield maestro Denver Mukamba.

Ndlovu did not mince his words when he told Mukamba he has boundless potential to become the greatest player ever to come out of Zimbabwe and for him to achieve that, he had to stay away from women.

Drawing from his experiences, Ndlovu went on to tell Mukamba, and even other stars, that many footballers had failed to realise their full potential because football and women will never go hand in glove.

Many who attended the function took it upon themselves that all the players that were present graciously heeded the advice that came from the legend.

It’s only been 20 days since that special day people got a free sermon on what made a legend, but the DeMbare star has already hogged the limelight for the wrong reasons.

As if Peter was chewing a magic stick, Mukamba was this week involved in scuffles involving his wife and a mistress.

Barely a fortnight after his 20th birthday, Mukamba is reported to have dumped his pregnant wife and has resorted to co-habiting with his mistress at her residence in Waterfalls.

If Peter gets to know about this, he would weep at this recipe for disaster that has destroyed careers of many footballers.

Anyway, once again, it’s that time of the year that clubs would be pushing and shoving on the transfer market in trying to beef up their squads. I will not rest my case until I am satisfied that players, agents and clubs have since learnt the tricks of transfers.

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