EBT system craters across 17 states
Today, the EBT system crashed hard, causing food stamp beneficiaries across 17 states to be unable to buy their cupcakes, donuts, diet sodas and other junk foods that keep them diseased and obese. (Yes, food stamp money is primarily used buy processed junk food.)
"While the system is now up and running, beneficiaries in the 17 affected states continue to experience connectivity issues to access their benefits," stated a food stamp official in an AP story. The story goes on to say, "Typically when the cards aren't working retailers can call a backup phone number to find out how much money a customer has available in their account. But that information also was unavailable because of the outage, so customers weren't able to use their cards."
The feds said this was due to a "system update," but this is of course a lie. Then again, every computer system in government that crashes -- including the Healthcare.gov website -- is now said to be "fully functioning" as if everybody in government is tripped out on acid.
The IT backbone of the U.S. federal empire is unraveling
Today's failure of the EBT card system is yet more evidence that the U.S. empire is rapidly falling apart. The disastrous launch of Healthcare.gov proved yet again that the Obama administration is utterly incapable of competently managing a simple R&D development project. And rather than trying to help Americans become more independent and self-reliant, Obama has worked hard to put as many people on social welfare programs as possible, vastly expanding the role of government to the point where millions of Americans no longer have any concept of having a job or supporting themselves.
As an example of this, AP quotes a cashier named Eliza Shook who said, "It's been terrible. It's just been some angry folks. That's what a lot of folks depend on."
And that's true. Without EBT cards, millions of Americans have no way to feed themselves. They depend entirely on government just to put food on the table. So when that government fails them, they panic.
This is why I have long held that the day America collapses into chaos is the day when EBT cards go offline and stay offline for 72 hours. Technically, that's three days, of course, but you get my point.
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/042462_EBT_cards_system_crash_incompetent_government.html#ixzz2hcgVObNX
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Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by poncho, Oct 13, 2013.
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Even with no income and having to rely on food stamps, one can be careful in their purchasing, stocking and cooking - so that they always have a week's worth of food in the house for cases such as this. Yes, they will have to plan, not spend the money on ridiculous purchases and just maybe eat rice and beans a few times but hey, entire nations live on rice and beans and do just fine.
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What do you think is creating all these working poor people? It wouldn't have anything to do with outsourcing our jobs to other countries and using govt force to mandate the purchase of products people can't afford while their employers cut their hours to avoid being put out of business all together by big government laws no one can fully comprehend and the big govt itself can't even figure out how to implement.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Do you see any scripture supporting democracy?
Do you see any scripture supporting mental hospitals?
Do you see any scripture supporting hospitals?
Do you see any scripture supporting inoculations?
Do you see any scripture supporting a tax deduction for contributions to charity?
Do you see any scripture supporting tax deductions for capital losses?
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And I think the mood would be the exact same if access to money from ATMs for food and gas were hindered in the general population.
All one need do is look to how the folks in Cyprus responded when the ATMs stopped giving money. -
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