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EBT system down for some parts of US, CNY apparently not affected
CNYCentral ^ | 10/12/13 | Laura Hand

Posted on 10/12/2013 10:54:12 AM PDT by workerbee

Some grocery and food shoppers who were trying to used government benefit cards to pay got a rude awakening on Saturday morning: their EBT cards were not working.

A check here in Central New York, however, showed that grocery chains were apparently unaffected.

We are being told that a technical services vendor (Xerox) had a power outage which did affect being able to pay with a benefits card in several states. As of early Saturday afternoon, the debit system was back up and the SNAP program was being rebooted, with expectations that all services would be back up shortly.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: ebt; foodlinereplacement; foodstamps; govtshutdown; impeachnow; newyork; obamapunishes; operationwhipcracker; shtf; shutdown; welfare; wellfare
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1 posted on 10/12/2013 10:54:12 AM PDT by workerbee
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To: workerbee

EXCELLENT!


2 posted on 10/12/2013 10:55:22 AM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: workerbee; Kartographer; Travis McGee; LucyT

Test run...


3 posted on 10/12/2013 10:55:34 AM PDT by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: workerbee

Oh, snap...


4 posted on 10/12/2013 10:55:52 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (The emperor < still > has no pedigree.)
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To: null and void

Things that make you go “hmmm”


5 posted on 10/12/2013 10:56:24 AM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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To: workerbee

There is a God!


6 posted on 10/12/2013 10:56:48 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: workerbee

Republicans are to blame!
News at 11!


7 posted on 10/12/2013 10:56:54 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: workerbee

A drill.


8 posted on 10/12/2013 10:57:00 AM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
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Methinks this was a little hint to congress. I don’t even want to know what 3 weeks without EBT would look like.


9 posted on 10/12/2013 10:57:29 AM PDT by Crimson Elephant
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To: workerbee

The deadbeats won’t like this.


10 posted on 10/12/2013 10:57:52 AM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: workerbee
I've heard about this in MD, VA, MI, and MS so far today.

Methinks 0bama might be playing his hand a little too early.

5.56mm

11 posted on 10/12/2013 10:58:39 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Crimson Elephant; All
More info and comments here: Per Baltimore Radio (WCBM) food stamp system is down.

Appears to be quite widespread.

12 posted on 10/12/2013 10:59:04 AM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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To: workerbee

Cue the rioting,looting and burning...


13 posted on 10/12/2013 11:00:30 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: workerbee

Hilarious. Those poor poor people. What they must be going through... /s


14 posted on 10/12/2013 11:01:13 AM PDT by petercooper
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To: workerbee

“Ah’m hongry.”


15 posted on 10/12/2013 11:01:21 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's foundinge fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: workerbee

Women and minorities hurt the most.....


16 posted on 10/12/2013 11:04:24 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Hey Barry...close this!)
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To: Antihero101607

Imagine if it was the 1st of the month!


17 posted on 10/12/2013 11:04:38 AM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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To: rrrod

Now the reality and the fun begins. The Republican Party needs to point out that only 17 % of the government is shut down and that Obama has the final say on who stays open and who doesn’t in the shutdown process before he tries to pin the blame on them. They also need to remind people how’s he intentionally tried to make the process increasingly difficult on the public as of late.


18 posted on 10/12/2013 11:06:20 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: workerbee
Will Obama Stop the Music This November?

Link to Free Republic thread posted last week.


19 posted on 10/12/2013 11:07:30 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: workerbee

Must be another one of those glitches. Maybe they got their wires crossed trying to fix the Obamacare website. Damn, accidents happen. /sarc

Don’t you believe it. This was on purpose!


20 posted on 10/12/2013 11:08:01 AM PDT by dforest
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