Posted on 02/24/2014 10:07:03 AM PST by abb
Louisiana’s social services department says it stripped food stamps from six people who deliberately overspent their monthly benefits when the electronic service was down in October.
The Department of Children and Family Services said Monday it also is working to disqualify another 25 food stamp recipients.
Several Louisiana retailers allowed food stamp recipients to make unlimited purchases on Oct. 12, when the electronic card system was down and balances couldn’t be checked.
DCFS says some took advantage of the computer snafu and spent more than their available benefits. The department says it is pursuing 500 people who misspent $315,000.
No taxpayer dollars paid for the improper food stamp purchases because DCFS says it didn’t cover the costs of retailers, who didn’t follow the process for when the electronic system crashes.
Walmart lays down with dogs, they’re gonna’ get fleas.
Walmart’s business model and EBT cards is nothing more than Walmart assisting the government in wealth redistrubution. Let them pay for it.
Who stole from who? Walmart didn't follow the state's procedures for when the system was down. How is that the state's responsibility? It was Walmart who decided to let the people have free reign. Walmart should eat it.
Who stole from who? Walmart didn't follow the state's procedures for when the system was down. How is that the state's responsibility? It was Walmart who decided to let the people have free reign. Walmart should eat it.
Ya. In the end, I wonder if it would just be passed on to the consumer.
Civil suits against welfare recipients is just going to cost lawyer fees without any payback whatsoever. But Walmart knew there was no recourse unless the state ponied up, when they made the decision to ignore procedures.
Dey dint no...dem maths iz hard
Let them touch those things...!
Democrats: There’s a liberal judge for that.
I posted that pic the first time and it was cut off................
That arguable, but for sake of discussion, less assume it's true.
Which is cheaper, eating the $300k, or rebuilding a store burnt down by feral humans?
Walmart accepts a considerable amount of theft anyway.
My sister has worked for Walmart for some 20 years and says that they’re supposed to look the other way on petty theft up to $100 dollars. If its a chronic shoplifter they bar them from the store and if they keep coming back they have police remove them from the store. Its an escalating thing where someone really needs to steal thousands of dollars worth of merchandise before things get serious.
However she does point out that the bulk of the theft comes at the hands of employees.
They appear to still be pursuing other individuals. I predict more disqualifications will be announced in the future.
If you overspend on your credit card or if the bank screws up and gives you too much money, you are required to pay it back. So I don’t see anything wrong with cutting off peopel who spent too much. They should have to pay it back too. Better yet, the state should do a better job of forcing these people to work at real, paying jobs.
I smell a lawsuit.
Walmart should have imposed a reasonable limit.
What am I saying? Should these cards exist at all? I dunno enough about EBT cards and who gets them.
The person who decided to honor the unlimited SNAP cards likely saved lives. When gibsmedats riot, they take no prisoners. Just the store damage alone would have been more than the SNAP overages.
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