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Foodstamp Nation In Turmoil: EBT System Goes Dark; Food stamp cards go offline nationwide
Topic Started: 13 Oct 2013, 10:31 AM (429 Views)
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In the past five years it has become apparent that America can survive a near-fatal financial system collapse, an economy teetering on the edge and kept ticking only thanks to the Fed's now perpetual QE, a collapsing standard of living for everyone but the wealthiest 0.1%, declining wages, zero interest rates, surging food, energy, rent, tuition and welfare costs, and pretty much everything else, as long as the welfare state keeps humming along.

By welfare state we mostly mean providing the daily bread to the nearly 50 million Americans living in poverty and surviving only thanks to the only thing to have exploded to epic record highs under Obama (in addition to the Fed's balance sheet of course): foodstamp usage...

CBS reports:


Reports from around the country began pouring in around 9 a.m. on Saturday that customers’ EBT cards were not working in stores. The glitch, however, did not appear to be part of the government shutdown. At 2 p.m., an EBT customer service representative told CBS Boston that the system was currently down for a computer system upgrade.

The representative said the glitch is affecting people nationwide. She could not say when officials expected the system to be restored. People calling the customer service line were being told to call back later.

The federal EBT website was unavailable due to the government shutdown.

AP adds:
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.


Tweets Via Twitchy,

NOBODIES EBT CARD IS GOING THRU AT WALMART


Jazmen Ashley (@jazmen04o25) October 12, 2013

EBT cards in many states aren’t working today, and as you might expect, some Walmart shoppers aren’t very happy.

"@Creamteam_bitch: Government done shut down the #EBT cards in Ga… These folks going crazy in walmart lol"swearrrr—
J A N A E (@JanaeHudson) October 12, 2013

Walmart just made an announcement on the intercom that EBT for the state of Georgia is down…there are now full carts Left everywhere #awk—
Kelly gentry (@KellyKgentry23) October 12, 2013

EBT is down so Walmart is complete chaos right now, so glad I'm leaving in 2 hours—
Chelsey Oliveira (@chelseyoliveira) October 12, 2013

EBT down at walmart and MF going crazy!—
Lorena Bobbitt (@iNoUliKmYdReAdZ) October 12, 2013

THEY DONE SHUT DOWN EBT CARDS IN MISSISSIPPI…… Walmart fulla mad motha fuckas right now—
J.Thrash (@dreadsANDretros) October 12, 2013

I almost just killed some people at Walmart, EBT is apparently down today #madhouse—
cassidy davis (@cassEdav) October 12, 2013

EBT isnt being accepted at walmart and people are going crazy.—
Rudy Huxtable ? (@ForevaHisBadass) October 12, 2013

Walmart is in here announcing they not taking EBT due to state wide issues ???? ppl in here PISSED! Lol—
MS. UPTOWN (@MZUPTOWN) October 12, 2013

Heard a fight broke out at Walmart cause ppl EBT card stopped working lmao—
Pricetag (@AtoDa) October 12, 2013

in Huntsville Alabama,they are refusing ebt/food stamp cards at walmart. my daughter works there and says it's getting really bad—
dani (@danid373) October 12, 2013

Working at walmart while EBT is fucking up <<< I just might get shot today. Lol.—
. (@_KaylaJeann) October 12, 2013
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