Food Stamp Program crashes nationwide.......

NOW we'll see government action to fix this immediately....Can't be messing with the base supporters of the cowh!...

One of seven people in the US receives food stamps. Some of them are truly needy... but, all of 'em?

Off-topic a bit, but Social Security Disability is a source of irritation on my wife's side of the family. Seemingly healthy young adult relatives have been declared eligible and receive SSI Disability. Conservative members of the family view this with disdain.

I don't like seeing the TV spots for lawyers that specialize in SSI Disability. There is a couple of them in the Birmingham area that advertise... a lot!

Eric wrote:

One of seven people in the US receives food stamps.  Some of them are truly needy... but, all of 'em?

Off-topic a bit, but Social Security Disability is a source of irritation on my wife's side of the family.  Seemingly healthy young adult relatives have been declared eligible and receive SSI Disability.  Conservative members of the family view this with disdain.

I don't like seeing the TV spots for lawyers that specialize in SSI Disability.  There is a couple of them in the Birmingham area that advertise... a lot!

Not knocking the program for those that need it but rather watch how quickly the government rushes to fix this rather than screwing veterans and their families at every turn...Have seen SEVERAL get SSI Disability (questionable) and others that were hard workers...injured and then denied...another program that's out of control...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2458815/Louisiana-Walmart-shelves-left-food-stamp-glitch-gives-shoppers-UNLIMITED-funds-hours.html

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A food stamp glitch in Springhill and Mansfield, LA gave food stamp card owners unlimited funds. The Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards, which have a limited amount of dollars per month, weren’t showing any limits at all.

EBT carrying Walmart shoppers in Springhill and Mansfield, LA cleared the shelves of Walmart on Saturday night.

When Walmart employees noticed that cards weren’t showing limits, they called the corporate office and were advised to allow shoppers to use the cards anyway.

Apparently the lack of card limits was due to a power outage during a routine maintenance test by Xerox, an EBT vendor. EBT cards contain government-funded amounts of money catered to each individual's financial needs.

‘We did make the decision to continue to accept EBT cards during the outage so that they could get food for their families,’ Walmart representative Kayla Whaling told KSLA.

‘It was worse than any black Friday,’ said Springhill Police Chief Will Lyn. The police officer says he was called to the Walmart to monitor shopper activity.

There were no arrests made that night and witnesses told KSLA that the incident was a 'natural human' response to free food.

From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., a frenzy of shoppers filled their carts to the brim with as much food as they could get their hands on. When the cards came back online at 9 p.m., people literally abandoned their carts full of food in the middle of the Walmart and left.

One woman who tried to ring up $700 worth of food only had .49 cents on her card. She was held by police for ‘stealing’ but was let go on the condition that she would give the food back to Walmart.

Walmart had to stop selling food at 9 p.m. Their shelves were stark and both empty and full carts were left all over the store.

When asked by KSLA whether or not Walmart would somehow be refunded for the loss of produce, Walmart representative Kayla Whaling responded that they were, ‘fully engaged and monitoring the situation and transactions during the outage.’

A spokesperson for EBT in Louisiana told The Daily Mail that they are preparing a statement about Saturday’s incident.

These people have no shame. The EBT fiasco is theft - plain and simple.

nochain wrote:

These people have no shame. The EBT fiasco is theft - plain and simple.

And yet when there's financial pain.....its directed at those that served...are serving...survivors of those that paid the ultimate sacrifice...and disabled veterans that are seeking treatment that is OWED to them...And those that have been a drain on government programs and used these programs as a form of employment for decades are afforded more rights than veterans...active duty members...survivors...disabled veterans and working class Americans...These are the forgotten of the cowh and his administration...