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Posted on: Oct. 15 2013,5:57 am |
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So there was an EBT card snafu this weekend. I guess with nearly 50 million Obama voter on food stamps this reaction would be expected. 
http://www.ksla.com/story...-glitch
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Posted on: Oct. 15 2013,8:22 am |
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I read the article on a different site. Apparently, in Louisiana EBT cards have a daily limit of $50 per person, which brings up a curious point.
Why such a low daily limit? Don't EBT cards work the same way as food stamps, with families receiving a set amount per month? I worked in a grocery store years ago, and we never had a limit on how much any one customer could spend in food stamps. Whether they wanted to buy groceries for that day or for the whole month, it was up to them. But once the food stamps were gone, they had to wait until the first of the month.
With a $50 limit, they would have to make multiple trips to the grocery store. They could not buy food for the whole week on one visit. This would also generate more work for the government agency processing the EBT paperwork... and never mind, I think I've just discovered why the daily limit—government creating government jobs.
Is there anyone posting here who works in retail or in human services who would know why there would be a daily limit instead of a set value for the month? Is it so the EBT card users have to budget the money they receive on the card so they don't eat like kings for a week and then eat ramen noodles for three weeks?
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Posted on: Oct. 15 2013,9:24 am |
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I guess I hadn't considered loss limitations. That does make sense. I wonder if those cards also have a PIN for users to enter as a means of verification.
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Posted on: Oct. 15 2013,9:55 am |
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My guess would be that each card has an identification of each holder. This should give them means of exactly who took advantage of this particular mix up. Therefore each and every one involved should be held accountable and kicked off the system. Talk about not having any gratitude. 
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Posted on: Oct. 15 2013,11:06 am |
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We'll, if they over spent say $3000 and they had a limit of say $500 a month just tell them "see you in the spring pal, that's when you'll have money on your card again" of course if they have children or whine a lot the gov will say naughty, naughty, don't do that again and reload their card next month.
I'm pretty sure there's a certain voter type that gets these cards
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The $50.00 a day is a backup procedure in case of an EBT system failure.
Welfare bottom feeders
Police in two north Louisiana cities won't investigate fraudulent food stamp purchases made at local Wal-Marts this weekend unless asked by the retailer, law enforcement representatives said Tuesday.
The fraudulent purchases were made at the Springhill and Mansfield locations during a massive system-wide outage on Saturday (Oct. 12). Wal-Mart spokeswoman Kayla Whaling said the retailer instructed cashiers at the two locations to continue sales to Electronic Benefits Transfer, or EBT, Card holders in spite of the outage.
Some benefits recipients spent well in excess of their balances, but investigations into the "isolated incidents" at the two Louisiana locations have not yet been initiated.
"Wal-Mart has not contacted our office at all," said Gary Hobbs, assistant chief of police for the city of Mansfield in DeSoto Parish. He said police would be very willing to investigate the matter if Wal-Mart files a complaint and hands over any pertinent evidence.
Xerox, a contractor in charge of EBT Cards, has an emergency backup procedure in place that allows retailers to call Xerox and authorize up to $50 in purchases per recipient during such outages.
The Wal-Mart locations in Springhill and Mansfield did not act in accordance with the procedure. Going forward, it's up to the retailer to decide whether to eat the costs of fraudulent purchases or instruct local police to investigate the improper EBT charges.
Hobbs said he believed there would definitely be "legal culpability" on the part of food stamp recipients who overcharged their cards. But, he added he did not expect the retail chain to go forward with the investigation.
Springhill Chief of Police Will Lynd, on the other hand, said it wouldn't shock him if Wal-Mart did initiate an investigation "in the near future." At this time, however, his office is not taking any further steps on the issue.
Local police and Wal-Mart officials did not have any preliminary estimates on the total amount of the fraudulent charges. But, state agency officials said taxpayers won't be on the hook for the purchases.
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agreed, these people know right from wrong! 