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You know better than that, those that abused the system will either lose their benefit/entitlement for a period of time, made to pay back excesses they took advantage of, lose all EBT privileges and/or be faced with being brought up on fraud charges in court.
I think liberals are funny... they think the federal government is going to start caring on how they spend other people's money... when did a liberal start caring about how they spent other people's money? that's real funny...
Both parties are responsible here. Wal-Mart for trying to do something good and the EBT cardholders for taking advantage of some generosity, or stupidity depending on how you look at it.
As far as not knowing your balance, come now. If you have only 49 cents left on your card, you know you have received your benefit for the month and have used it, quite expertly if you managed to get it down to such a low balance. To stand in line knowing that you have that low of a balance and trying to buy that much food, you are knowingly and willingly attempting to commit fraud. If you hear over the PA speaker that balances are now showing, you knowingly and willingly were attempting to commit fraud.
Those who were able to "purchase" food should have the amount deducted over a course of a few months in lieu of charges being filed. Those who abandoned carts should be "outed" and publicly shamed. Wal-Mart gets to eat the bill for the spoiled food and extra labor to restock shelves. And the world continues to turn.
Now, who wants to look at the above picture and point out all the junk food in those carts?
We don't know why Walmart let them buy the food with no balance showing.. it could have been hostile when the shoppers couldn't buy food..and the managers got anxious and let them have the food without the balance showing..
We don't know why Walmart let them buy the food with no balance showing.. it could have been hostile when the shoppers couldn't buy food..and the managers got anxious and let them have the food without the balance showing..
For several hours, EBT cards stopped showing their balances in parts of Louisiana. Walmart stores in Springhill and Mansfield, LA took pity on EBT users and announced that they would accept the cards on good faith, so welfare users “could get food to their families.”
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Why didn't they just announce that EBT cards would not be accepted until the problem was fixed?
[oh, well...some former Walmart employees will be needing EBT cards for themselves soon]
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