Posted on 10/12/2013 2:00:44 PM PDT by 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.
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This administration has everything FUBAR. Time to take up impeachment deliberations.
More of a ‘wakeup’ call. As in, trying to get his backers to wakeup and protest.
I think of it more as "conditioning" the masses of parasites...
At some point they don't know if their card will work, they just go home and try again tomorrow...
Sort of like pavlov's dog...
Conditioned to not riot but know uncle sammie may be incompetent three day week, but four day s a week they have my back...
The EBT computer developed sentience and decided to eliminate these useless humans.
let this last a week more and the most dangerous place on the planet will become sports tail gate parties
And in other news, The mile has been redefined to 4800 feet, so the EPA can credit the mileage improvement to ethanol.
And, the chocolate rations have been increased to 20 grams!!!!
I think you have to be logged in to get a search bar. Not creating an account to do that. If you have a page open to the hashtag posts, you could copy and paste the direct link here so non-twitter folks can see it.
“The EBT computer developed sentience and decided to eliminate these useless humans.”
OK, that’s damn funny.
Search #EBT and you’ll get it. Roughly 25 tweets a minute.
Oh, there’s a way to pay for your food. It’s called cash, debit or credit card. You know, you’re own money. Not mine. Parasites.
Judging by the look of most entitlement recipients, they can miss a meal or two.
It is a trial run. They are blaming it on a software updgrade. If it were showtime, they would be blaming it on republicans.
Cue the scene from Soylent Green with the bucket trucks.
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — There may be no treats come this Halloween for Florida Food Stamp recipients. That’s because benefit payments are projected to end on October 31st, 2013 due to lack of federal funding caused by the U.S. government shut down.
This is hugh and series!! I mean it;^)
Twitchy has a story on the twitter feed...
http://twitchy.com/2013/10/12/riot-time-food-stamp-users-in-near-panic-over-ebt-card-failures/
Following #ebt on twitter. Hilarity ensues. Lol
Laz, did you remove your link to this page from FR FB, or is FB censoring?
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