EBT Glitch

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In some Walmart stores, customers emptied shelves like it was Black Friday, while in others, no one could buy anything -- all thanks to a weekend of glitches with the nation's welfare system.

Problems involving Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards, the government payments to the poor that are administered by states with the help of private companies, plagued at least 17 states Saturday and Sunday, creating retail riots. At Louisiana stores in Springhill and Mansfield, cards registered no spending limits, prompting recipients to go on buying binges.

Black Friday comes early as computer glitches cause welfare benefits frenzy | Fox News

All the ones who took advantage of the glitch should loose benefits till first of the year IMO...

[C230K]

This is the silver lining of the shutdown.

[Vteckidd]

fraud associated with a govt program? NO WAY

[Sinfix_15]

A microcosm of America. Entitlement society will take as much as theyre allowed to take until there's nothing left to take.

[Echonova]

I'm willing to bet not a single one sees a fine, jail time or loses the benefits I pay for them.

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This is the silver lining of the shutdown.

Its to much of a coincidence with timing during the shutdown i smell fowl play.

I'm willing to bet not a single one sees a fine, jail time or loses the benefits I pay for them.

I bet they wont either

[Echonova]

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Just thought y'all should know, every dollar spent in public assistance creates $1.50 in economic growth. Since this subsection has a heavy "conservative" slant, this will go in one ear and out the other.

http://www.ers.usda.gov/media/134245...summary_1_.pdf

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Just thought y'all should know, every dollar spent in public assistance creates $1.50 in economic growth. Since this subsection has a heavy "conservative" slant, this will go in one ear and out the other.

http://www.ers.usda.gov/media/134245...summary_1_.pdf

I never thought about it that way..... with 1 in 7 Americans on food stamps, all that economic growth should have built up about a 17 trillion dollar surplus by now.

















oh wait....




So basically what this study shows is that when people get free money, they spend it? interesting.....


So is the standard democratic governing model something like this....

Give freeloader $1.
Freeloader uses $1 to purchase goods from business owner.
Tax business owner $2.
Give two freeloaders $1.
Two freeloaders use their $1 to buy goods from business owner.
Tax business owner $4.
Give 3 freeloaders $1 and buy a crate of AK47s for an islamic rebel group.

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I never thought about it that way..... with 1 in 7 Americans on food stamps, all that economic growth should have built up about a 17 trillion dollar surplus by now.

I have a strange feeling you don't understand how economics works....

So basically what this study shows is that when people get free money, they spend it? interesting.....

So is the standard democratic governing model something like this....

Your idea of a two-party paradigm is cute.

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I have a strange feeling you don't understand how economics works....

I'm trying to learn and keep up with the times. My whole life ive been living this lie that how much money i made would be based on how hard i worked and how valuable my skills were. I also believed that like minded ambitious people like myself would use their skills and abilities to create new businesses. Then, with a variety of businesses and services available, people would then work to obtain what they wanted. All this time i've been living a lie..... it was actually the government's job to decide who should and should not have certain things.

Your idea of a two-party paradigm is cute.

idk, i'm not so sure in the two party idea. It seems like there's communist democrats, communist democrats who call themselves republicans to maintain the two party illusion and then a small handful of politicians who still believe in the constitution who are slandered and labeled racists by one or both of the communist groups in washington.

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I'm trying to learn and keep up with the times. My whole life ive been living this lie that how much money i made would be based on how hard i worked and how valuable my skills were. I also believed that like minded ambitious people like myself would use their skills and abilities to create new businesses. Then, with a variety of businesses and services available, people would then work to obtain what they wanted. All this time i've been living a lie..... it was actually the government's job to decide who should and should not have certain things.

What does any of that have to do with economics?

idk, i'm not so sure in the two party idea. It seems like there's communist democrats, communist democrats who call themselves republicans to maintain the two party illusion and then a small handful of politicians who still believe in the constitution who are slandered and labeled racists by one or both of the communist groups in washington.

If they didn't say racist stuff, they wouldn't be labeled racists. Sounds like a pretty simple concept to me.

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If they didn't say racist stuff, they wouldn't be labeled racists. Sounds like a pretty simple concept to me.

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”

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“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”

OBAMA IS A SOCIALIST
OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST
OBAMA IS A SOCIALIST
OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST
OBAMA IS A SOCIALIST
OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST

Did it work for you?

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OBAMA IS A SOCIALIST
OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST
OBAMA IS A SOCIALIST
OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST
OBAMA IS A SOCIALIST
OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST

Did it work for you?

Why are you so offended by being called what you are??

You believe in all this, you think Obama is doing a great job and you're happy with it.... it is what it is. Hitler had supporters too, people loved him, the same as every other in history. No need to be ashamed of what you are or get offended when someone calls you what you are.....

It’s time to admit Obama is a communist

[Echonova]

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Stupid bitch, that shit royally pisses me off.

[Sinfix_15]

wow.................. dont even have words

She belongs in prison.

[Elbow]

Wow.

I hope her purse exploded and she can't get her fried chicken and beer card ever again.

[Echonova]

Wow.

I hope her purse exploded and she can't get her fried chicken and beer card ever again.

That's just a racist comment.

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Wow.

I hope her purse exploded and she can't get her fried chicken and beer card ever again.

I use EBT have since my baby was born and we can't get Fried chicken or Beer