NATIONWIDE ELECTRONIC FOOD STAMP SHUTDOWN REPORTED, COMPUTER SYSTEM UPGRADE BLAMED

The Blaze ^ | Oct. 12, 2013 3:51pm | by Dave Urbanski

[Lazamataz]

(TheBlaze/AP) — Major problems were reported Saturday all across America with the Electronic Benefits Transfer System, as consumers were stuck with no way to pay at registers, notes WBZ-TV in Boston.

WBZ reported that a computer-system upgrade was to blame, while the Associated Press reports that a routine check by vendor Xerox Corp. resulted in a system failure.

People in Ohio, Michigan and several other states found themselves unable to use their food stamp debit cards while shoppers from Maine to Oklahoma had to abandon baskets of groceries because they couldn’t access their benefits.

[Lazamataz]

As I have predicted. This may only be a trial run, or it may be Show Time.

[Lazamataz]

‘Riot time!’: Food stamp users in near-panic over EBT card failures

[Ronin]

Oh boy! That’s gonna put the pigeons in the cat cage.

[Lazamataz]

Emergency notification.

[Publius]

Will you be sneaking out of Atlanta with your AR-15?

[Darksheare]

Riiiight, an “upgrade”.
It’s Zero’s way of trying to provoke a riot.
Wait until next week when the “upgrade outage” lasts awhile.
Then Zero will get his ugly radar dish ear’d head on TV to wiggle his ears and claim the outage is lasting “because of those Republicans”.

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[Darksheare]

AR-15 assault shotgun chaincannon.

[AppyPappy]

WHERE’S MY FREE MONEY????

[Newbomb Turk]

Probably just a trial run. There will be more of this in the future and I can hardly wait to deal with the parasites that can't feed themselves.

[riri]

Where the hell you been? I am at the airport with passport, napsack, and a map.

[steve86]

It was never nationwide nor even anywhere close to a majority of states. Might be at some future time.

[Lazamataz]

Probably just a trial run.

I agree. But they have announced their plans.

[SkyPilot]

The politics and demographics of food stamp recipients

"Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans to have received food stamps at some point in their lives—a participation gap that echoes the deep partisan divide in the U.S. House of Representatives, which on Thursday produced a farm bill that did not include funding for the food stamp program. Overall, a Pew Research Center survey conducted late last year found that about one-in-five Americans (18%) has participated in the food stamp program, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. About a quarter (26%) lives in a household with a current or former food stamp recipient. Of these, about one-in-five (22%) of Democrats say they had received food stamps compared with 10% of Republicans."

In some "urban" areas, the percentage on Food Stamps is much higher - in some cases approaching 80%.

If they were suddenly cut off, I do don't doubt riots or violence.

[Gator113]

I do not for one second believe that this is simply a computer glitch.

Obama is flipping off America. He is sending a warning to us all.

[riri]

I agree, trial run to scare the Cowardly Lion Republicans.

But, I am following them on twitter and they are louding proclaiming, "Shit's about ta get real"

[Lazamataz]

It is all throughout Atlanta at the bare minimum. Can you please confirm a less widespread shutdown? With references if you have them....

[Little Ray]

Come on up 400 to Forsyth. Won’t be any problems here...

[John 3_19-21]

Gotta get his army up and involved.

[musicman]

"AR-15 assault shotgun chaincannon."