USA: EBT Food Stamp CRISIS May Cause FOOD RIOTS & CIVIL UNREST In NOVEMBER\r
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EBT FOOD STAMPS / FOOD RIOTS / CIVIL UNREST / NEW WORLD ORDER / ELITE AGENDA / FEMA / MARTIAL LAW \r
EBT / FOOD STAMP CRISIS coming in NOVEMBER – 47 MILLION People to be without FOOD in the U.S.\r
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The USDA is directing states to withhold Electronic Transfer Benefits for the month of November until further notice, setting up a potential food stamp crisis that could very easily lead to riots and widespread looting if the government shutdown drags on.\r
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The USDA, which oversees the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), issued the order in a letter to SNAP administrators which states, Understanding the operational issues and constraints that States face, and in the interest of preserving maximum flexibility, we are directing States to hold their November issuance files and delay transmission to State electronic benefit transfer (EBT) vendors until further notice.\r
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In other words, up to 47 million Americans who rely on food stamps to feed themselves face the prospect of going hungry next month.\r
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An EBT system failure that occurred this past weekend led to mini-riots and looting at several Walmart stores. In Springhill and Mansfield, Louisiana, shelves were cleared as frenzied customers tried to exploit unlimited credit balances that had temporarily been applied to their EBT cards as a result of the system glitch. Store managers also had to close a Walmart and call police in Philadelphia, Mississippi after customers began rioting when their EBT cards stopped functioning.\r
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EBT card users responded by invoking the threat of widespread riots if the system went down again for any sustained period of time. More conspiratorial types even suggested that Saturdays glitch was a beta test for a future total food stamp shutdown.\r
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Imagine how millions of people living near the poverty line are going to re when they find out that their EBT cards may not be credited next month as a result of the government shutdown.\r
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In the state of Utah alone, 100,000 people will see their benefits frozen. Richard Phillips, a homeless man who relies on food stamps, told Fox 13, Its going to cause problems. because then youre going to come to find out that youre going to have people starting to steal and do what they have to do to survive.\r
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Thank you to all those who shared and supported our feature article from yesterday about the EBT card recipient ransacking of Wal-Mart stores in Louisiana. With stories like that, Natural News has gained a reputation for stating things that everyone is thinking but few have the courage to print.\r
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I also want to thank James Wesley Rawles over at SurvivalBlog.com for his important comment on the story, where he stated, Keep in mind: A nationwide grid power failure would also mean a nationwide EBT card system failure. If and when this happens, it will not be pretty. Hes right, and Ill explain why in this article. \r
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Consensus is now quite strong among the well-informed (i.e. people who read the alternative media) that the downfall of the EBT system will be the downfall of civility across America. Thanks to Obamas disastrous economic policies, nearly 50 million Americans are now on food stamps, and the program is on track to double by the time Obama leaves office. Obama will go down in history as the only president to have doubled the national debt and the food stamp program at the same time.\r
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As the Wal-Mart ransacking in Louisiana just demonstrated, people will clear the shelves and engage in mass theft if they believe they can do so with a minimal risk of getting caught. This is no longer debatable. We just saw it happen in a short-term, localized test case.\r
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Whats on many peoples minds right now is whether the EBT card system is vulnerable to other glitches, failures or defaults. Thats what this article attempts to answer.\r
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Let me thank you in advance for sharing this article with others who need to know this information. I believe this knowledge can save lives. Those who face reality and prepare for the inevitable EBT debit card crash have a far better chance of surviving it than people who had no idea this could happen.