Posted on 10/12/2013 1:21:20 PM PDT by mdittmar
People in Ohio, Michigan and several other states found themselves unable to use their food stamp debit cards on Saturday, after a routine check by vendor Xerox Corp. resulted in a system failure. Shoppers from Maine to Oklahoma had to abandon baskets of groceries because they couldn't access their benefits.
Ohio's cash and food assistance card payment systems went down at 11 a.m., said Benjamin Johnson, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Ohio's cash system has been fixed, however its electronic benefits transfer card system is still down. All states that use Xerox systems are affected by the outage.
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Unfortunately, when the SHTF she'll be able to feed off her fat for at least three months.
Someday, they will stop working and never start up again. The riots will make the deaths in WWII seem insignificant.
They could pawn their Air Jordans, fake gold bling and rap music.
Yeah, those who rely and depend on the government are destined for disappointment.
No problem...
those of us who actually pay for such government free bees just need to step up and catch the bill at the cash register for these poor people and turn in the receipt for a tax reduction. Same difference.
People can not buy non-food products with food stamps. Most people who receive assistance are not on drugs. Most are not satisfied with having to need assistance. If the poor have the power to manipulate the government then the Easter bunny is in charge of the geo-physics department at MIT
No, no, no!!
They had their hair and nails ‘did’, not ‘done’.
That is true and in general third worlders can do just fine with stuff right out of the ground (or pod). My wife, from India, knows all the tricks for food preparation in primitive conditions. I would be more like the helpless EBT card holders (but do know you need to soak beans and lentils).
Whiggas and Niggas in the parking lot at the Safeway in LaPlata, Md.,
very upset. EBT cards not working.
I couldn’t muster any sympathy, actually I rather enjoyed it.
Seriously though, it’s very easy to extrapolate how bad it will be it gets real.
Hugh and Series!!
Yesterday received another 500 OO buck. I’ze be’s ready!
Another reason to keep a few hundred bucks cash on hand at all times in case electronic CC/ATM transactions go down.
Cash is king.
You're right - and you can't buy them with a Food Stamp EBT card.
I have no clue why this is a "news" story. The system goes down and it has nothing to do with the so-called "shutdown" of the government.
I was in Food Lion about a month or so ago and the EBT system went down and no one got bent out of shape, until it was determined that the EBT system going down took down all electronic transactions - then there was a bit of angst, from folks using debit/credit cards (like me.)
And when they do eat, it's junk food. Some years ago we took another family with us to a buffet dinner on our dime. They have four kids. So I'm behind the 10 and 12 year-old kids watching what food they got for their plates. All crap and sugary treats. I told them to put salad and veggies on their plates. They gave me a disgusted look, and said they never eat that stuff. I asked what about mom and pop? They said no, none of us eat that stuff. Ever. My kids thought it was pathetic, as mine eat balanced meals. Three of those other four kids are now grown with kids of their own, repeating the cycle of junk food (and being poor), except one gal who joined the Navy and got straightened out (the only successful one who is now a nurse with three kids).
Did you ever think they did it themselves or a friend did them? Except in the spring and early summer (and right now because of yard work,) my nails always look just so - and I have NEVER paid to have them done.
I'm not denying what you are saying is often true, but you can't make such a judgement without knowing the entire story. Not that long ago I was using food stamps. Lots of things in our lives changed because of the drastic drop in household income (which happens when both regular incomes disappear) but one thing that didn't change was our appearance in general. Now that our income is almost back where it was and we are not getting any assistance, our general appearance still hasn't changed.
Not everyone getting assistance is a total leech.
Low information voters are flooding social media with the idea that the Food stamps are no more because of
1)The Republicans
2)The TEA party
I know.
The biggest problem I have noticed on facebook, is the people claiming such nonsense have no clue how the system works.
Unfortunately, judging from many comments I’ve seen on Free Republic and not just on this particular thread, is most people have NO clue how the system works.
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