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Louisiana Suspends EBT Cards for Food Stamp Cheats
breitbart.com/Big-Government ^
Posted on 11/08/2013 3:11:02 PM PST by virgil283
"....Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal's office will cancel food stamp benefits for anyone who participated in a fraud and shopping spree catalyzed by an EBT malfunction....More than 12,000 people were sent an insufficient funds notice when the problem with the EBT cards was fixed on Oct. 12; those who transgressed may lose their EBT cards for a year....On October 11-12, at least 17 states experienced problems with their EBT card systems. In Springhill and Mansfield, Louisiana, cards indicated they had no spending limits, so EBT holders went wild with purchases..... The stores that were cheated are bound to come up with the cash they lost, which may prompt them to join local prosecutors to bring charges against the fraudsters.... The Advocate reported that violators will receive a letter stating their EBT cards have been canceled along with information as to how to appeal their cases. They may lose their EBT cards forever......
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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: bobbyjindal; ebt; foodstamps; foodstampsfraud; fraud; jindal; louisiana; moochers; theft; welfare
Finally a governor who has the guts to take this crowd on.
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posted on
11/08/2013 3:11:02 PM PST
by
virgil283
To: virgil283
Feds will step in and take the whole thing over.
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posted on
11/08/2013 3:12:35 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: virgil283
Wow - they may lose their EBT cards for a whole year. /s
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posted on
11/08/2013 3:13:04 PM PST
by
ladyjane
To: virgil283
There has to be more to this story. This only happened in two places and they’re both in Louisiana?
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posted on
11/08/2013 3:16:40 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Steely Tom
All the appeals will be overturned and reparations paid to the agrieved.
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posted on
11/08/2013 3:21:15 PM PST
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
To: blueunicorn6
There has to be more to this story. This only happened in two places and theyre both in Louisiana?
I'm pretty sure these programs are run at the state level. This incident was a Lousiana problem, not a nationwide problem. Also standard procedure in these cases are for the retailer to limit purchases to $50. Walmart chose not to do that so they are on the hook for the loss. I seriously doubt they will join the state in seeking to recover losses since EBT purchases are probably a significant portion of their business
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posted on
11/08/2013 3:23:06 PM PST
by
slumber1
(Fortune favors the bold!)
To: virgil283
Louisiana Suspends EBT Cards for Food Stamp CheatsI can hear the whining here, in the land of fruits and nuts.
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posted on
11/08/2013 3:28:16 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: Steely Tom
Feds will step in and take the whole thing over.Nay...
Holder from the (In)Justice dept. will just ask for an court ordered injunction and then sue the State of LA to block them
Them EBT card holders is his peeps...can't let the man hold them down...
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posted on
11/08/2013 3:29:54 PM PST
by
Popman
To: slumber1
All food stamps are run at the state level. Then the state hands it down to the county welfare departments.
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posted on
11/08/2013 3:29:55 PM PST
by
sheana
To: Steely Tom
The Feds may not take it over, but I bet they won’t let Jindal do this, somehow or another.
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posted on
11/08/2013 3:35:38 PM PST
by
livius
To: slumber1
I believe that there were more states than just Louisiana that had EBT problems. Even if it was just Louisiana, why only two places where this happened? Why didn’t this happen everywhere in Louisiana? Somebody worked the system.
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posted on
11/08/2013 3:40:25 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: virgil283
Strip clubs and liquor stores hardest hit.
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posted on
11/08/2013 3:57:12 PM PST
by
Yogafist
To: virgil283
I’ll believe it when I see it.
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posted on
11/08/2013 4:07:03 PM PST
by
bgill
(This reply was mined before it was posted.)
To: virgil283
How’s I gonna feeds ma babies?
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posted on
11/08/2013 4:30:01 PM PST
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: blueunicorn6
Why didnt this happen everywhere in Louisiana? Somebody worked the system.These 2 Walmarts were the only ones that let people buy unlimited amounts of groceries during the glitch period. All the other stores either didn't allow any purchases at all or set a $50 limit, which is what the other 2 stores were supposed to do.
To: goodwithagun
From obama’s ‘stash’ of course!! Remember this one? Reporter in the street: “And where is obama going to get the money”? Fat ass welfare ghetto slob woman: “I dough noes...Iz stash eyes guezz, but e gonna give id ta uz....thaz whyes weeze luvs ‘im..OBAMAH!!!!”
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posted on
11/08/2013 4:46:53 PM PST
by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a GREAT life!)
To: virgil283
The courts will not allow this! Obama will jump in and replace any cut EBT funds.
We’ll pay twice for their greedy binge.
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posted on
11/08/2013 5:29:22 PM PST
by
jch10
(Joe Wilson, SC, is my hero.)
To: virgil283
Awesome. I never thought they'd do a damned thing about it. And I'll be the fraudsters thought the same thing! My first comment when I first saw the threads about it was that they exactly who participated in this. I'm astounded.
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posted on
11/08/2013 9:43:25 PM PST
by
zeugma
(Is it evil of me to teach my bird to say "here kitty, kitty"?)
To: virgil283
Send them all to prison so they can spend some quality time with other family members...
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posted on
11/08/2013 9:46:14 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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