98Z5V Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Jus the simple fact that we have SOOOO many people in this country on this system - it's sickening. Sure, some people need it, and couldn't get by without it. Others, though... Get a fcukin job somewhere instead of sitting on your fat ass, provide for your own family, and quit trying to suck the government tit. Black Friday comes early as computer glitches cause welfare benefits frenzy Published October 14, 2013FoxNews.com 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. "It was worse than any Black Friday,” Springhill Police Chief Will Lynd told local station KSLA-TV. Customers said shelves were picked clean in a mob scene that left employees rattled. Walmart spokeswoman Kayla Whaling told the station the company made a conscious decision to keep ringing up goods rather than to cut people off. "We did make the decision to continue to accept EBT cards (and purchases on WIC and SNAP) during the outage so that they could get food for their families," she said. But when order was restored and the cards began reading properly, it became clear that some customers were out to take advantage of the taxpayer-funded program. One woman had $700 worth of merchandise in her cart and an EBT card with a balance of just 49 cents. The glitches, which were apparently triggered by a a system failure at Xerox, which handles processing for many states, left other users unable to buy anything. At a Mississippi Walmart, customers rioted and even left the store with groceries without paying after they were unable to use their food stamp cards on Saturday, according to the Clarion-Ledger. The mini riot happened at the Walmart in Philadelphia, Miss. Shortly thereafter, managers decided to temporarily close the store. “For the safety of our customers we did make a management decision to close the store," Whaling said of the Mississippi incident. "We’re looking into everything; looking at surveillance video and working with the local police.” While Walmart, as the nation's biggest retailer and grocer, was affected most, the glitch hampered customers at other stores, as well. In Massachusetts, nearly 1 million EBT card users were unable to access the SNAP food program or withdraw cash, said Matthew Kitsos, spokesman with the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance. “We didn’t have answers for them, except for that there were problems in the state,” the manager of a Market Basket in Somerville, who asked that his name not be used, told the Boston Herald. “A lot of people are depending on them. They have kids; they depend on that money.” Xerox spokeswoman Karen Arena told USA Today that some Electronic Benefits Transfer systems were experiencing connectivity issues after a routine test of a backup system at a location in the Midwest caused an outage. U.S. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Courtney Rowe underscored that the outage was not related to the federal government shutdown. Xerox runs EBT card systems for 17 states. All were affected by the outage. Reports surfaced around 9 a.m. Saturday that customers' EBT cards were not working in stores. Other affected states included Alabama, California, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Get a fing job for real. 700$ worth and it all goes to waste my tax money well spent!! This is our epidemic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbasks Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) I make 20k a year. Luckily family buisness back in tx pays for my gas and ins. I am on no gov assistance. Nothing. Infact went i tried to get mediCal for my son when he was born i was told that bc my fiancé and i arent married i would need to pay child support in order for him to get ins. I am the working poor. But the rent is always payed, food is always on the table and clothes on our back. FU@K these people. Period Edited October 15, 2013 by bubbasks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasprite Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 I best keep my mouth shut this poop makes me >:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 The system needs a great cleansing. I love the fact that we have a program to help those who need it...but how do you control the abuse? Stop having kids when you can't feed the ones you already have. There really should be time limits on this stuff too. You have x amount of time to either find work you can do, or find friends or family who will support you. This should be a hand up, not a way of life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibiwan Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 "Give a man free food and he'll take more than he can eat." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 If I'm not mistaken the Clinton era did one good thing and made this program a two years and you on your own (welfare) is this a different mistake or did that end with Clinton ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 That ended with Clinton. Can't have people making something of themselves. My ex was on welfare assistance. When they foul up and over pay, guess what happens? They take it out of your future payments. If you think these people had a victim mentality before, wait until they have to "pay" for all those shopping carts full of crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 That's rediculous!!!! How was I supposed to know I hadn't just won the welfare lottery or something? It's not my fault that you uncapped my card and I don't have the honesty to only spend what I'm supposed to. You'd think I would be grateful for the help I receive and that I would be patient and cooperative when a "bump in the road" occurs....but you're wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robocop1051 Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 I'll bet the first person to find out there was a glitch, jumped on her Obama phone, speed dialed 20 other Obama phones, aand then drove off in her Escalade (which she bought with her Hurricane Katrina FEMA card). She was going to stay longer, but she has 7 kids at home, and she doesn't trust them not to get into her stash and smoke all her shyte before she gets home. It's a hard life when others have to pay your way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted October 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 ^^^ True. Very true. When they foul up and over pay, guess what happens? They take it out of your future payments. If you think these people had a victim mentality before, wait until they have to "pay" for all those shopping carts full of crap. I was thinking that when I read the original article - I can't WAIT to start reading those news stories! Should start happening next month, so I'll be looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washguy Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Has anyone ever noticed that politicians will say if we dont do this or that we will run out of medicare or social security BUT never say we will run out of welfare ? Wash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted October 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Wash, that'll just cause a riot in DC, or something. Can't piss those people off, or you won't get their votes next time. They'll vote for the other guy, that promises to give them more free schit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibiwan Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) Looks like Walmart is getting stuck with the bill for their own stupid business policies (or lack thereof).... http://abcnews.go.com/Business/walmart-stuck-food-stamp-shopping-spree/story?id=20563982 I guess the clock is ticking for Xerox getting sued in this too. Edited October 15, 2013 by shibiwan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbasks Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Like ive always said. The true zombie apocalypse is gonna be when an economic collapse happens. They wont moan braiiinnsss. It will be. Gimmeeeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrtMA Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 I regularly see these mooches because of my profession. I also know a few friends of friends that continue to have kids to retain benefits. It's disgusting!!! Ya, let's bring a life into this world so we can continue getting government assistance...what a great idea! In MA, we have MASSHEALTH. I can't even begin to tell you how many of these cards I come across. Government assistance is supposed to help in times of need. It's not supposed to be a lifetime benefit for laziness. As has been said countless times, get off your @ss and get a j-o-b! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 There alot of grifters that have abused the system for generations for sure.But you have alot of hard working people that have lost thier jobs and have a family.They just need a little help right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted October 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 True - and people in that situation is what the system was designed for. They deserve the help, and they appreciate it, too It's the life-long schitbags that use the system for every penny, think they're entitled to it, that just need to line up, and follow each other off the cliffs, just like lemmings. It's assistance, not an entitlement, or a "right." I hate those freeloading fcukwads... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 ^^^^ +1 on that. The useless scumbags are the one's that make that vein pulse on the forehead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magwa Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 To many lazy ass people who now believe they are entitled to this benefit... I agree it is a good system in place to help those that need it , my solution is ship them in rail cars to Idaho wilderness and let them cut firewood for the elderly and needy they must put in 3 weeks of work a month to get their benifits put that in place and watch how fast they get jobs....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean the Nailer Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Amen Magwa, I agree to this. And the same for here in Canada, too. Make 'em sweep dust in a sawmill, shovel chips in a pulpmill, or sweep sand in a foundry. Make 'em actually work for once, and then they'll see the err of their ways, right quick. Better yet, start them off with hearing protection. Then, with a constant monitoring of 'good behaviour', then they can be given boots, gloves, and maybe even a jacket. Let them earn it all. Boot camp for 'people'.... let them start to learn respect and dignity. So far gone in this day and age. I'm just sayin.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Priorities people....put them to work on a border fence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrtMA Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 ^^^they might not work as hard if some have family members on the other side of the border to talk to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 I've been saying this for years. All those jobs that the illegal aliens are doing that they say US citizens won't do? Put the welfare recipients to work doing that crap to earn their benefits, take the money the employers of the illegals were paying them and put it back into the welfare system to subsidize it. And the illegals? Ship their a$$es back to where they came from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 /\/\/\ Sheer brilliance there! :hethan: :ifly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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