Another fine example of whats wrong with Welfare .........

I came across this article and just had to laugh. Not only do able body people take advantage "the system", but when they get the chance they tale as much as they can get.

Walmart to Get Stuck With Most of Food Stamp Shopping Spree

Oct. 14, 2013

By SUSANNA KIM

A couple of Louisiana Walmart stores will be stuck with most of the bill after food stamp recipients went on a colossal shopping spree when a power outage temporarily lifted their spending limits, state officials said today.

Police were called to Walmart locations in Mansfield, La., and Springhill, La., on Saturday as shoppers cleaned out store shelves.

Springhill Police Chief Will Lynd said some customers were pushing more food than any household could store in a refrigerator and freezer.

"I saw people drag out eight to ten grocery carts," Lynd said. One person hauled away more than $700 worth of groceries, the chief said.

The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services' spokesman Trey Williams said the retailers who chose not to use the emergency procedures that limit sales up to $50 per cardholder during an emergency would be responsible for any additional amount spent over eligible benefit balances.

Shelves in the Walmart store in Springhill, La., were cleared Saturday, when the store allowed purchases on EBT cards that didn't show limits.

Following the policy clarification by the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, Walmart told ABCNews.com the incident was "isolated" and the company doesn't believe it had any material impact to its U.S. business.

The shopping frenzy was triggered when the Electronic Benefits Transfer system went down because a back-up generator failed at 11 a.m. EST Saturday during a regularly-scheduled test, according to Xerox, a vendor for the EBT system and based in Norwalk, Conn.

The bill could be a sizeable one for Walmart.

Lynd said customers were "not unruly." There were no fights or arrests made, but the scene was still chaotic, he said.

"It was definitely worse than Black Friday. It was worse than anything we had ever seen in this town," Lynd said of Springhill, which is near the border with Arkansas. "There was no food left on any of the shelves, and no meat left. The grocery part of Walmart was totally decimated."

Lynd said that around 9 p.m. CT on Saturday, a Walmart employee made an announcement on the intercom saying that the computer system had been restored and card limits had returned. At that time, customers left shopping carts full of food in store aisles, he said.

"At that point in time, they knew the jig was up and they couldn't purchase what they wanted to," Lynd said.

In the Walmart store in Mansfield, about 80 miles south of Springhill, staff temporarily closed the store to new customers to prevent a fire hazard with the existing number of shoppers.

Mansfield's Chief of Police Gary Hobbs said no arrests were made and there were no incidents besides customers "pushing and shoving." Hobbs said there were reports that customers were checking out with six to eight shopping carts, then returning later in the day to purchase more.

Unlike Walmart, other grocery stores in town told customers they would not accept EBT cards until the card limits were evident again, Hobbs said.

The EBT system was affected in 17 states, where individuals and households access programs like Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and other programs.

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Can you believe it? People checking out with 6-8 shopping carts and then returning later for more? Most will say that Walmart is responsible. But I don't agree, those people who abused their EBT cards should be held accountable. Why not cut off their benefits until they have paid for what they have taken. Make them survive on the food that they got. But that won't happen, the liberals would say that is cruel and unusual punishment but it's ok for them to loot the system. No wonder our beloved United States is in the trouble that we are in. We have turned into a Welfare State, and it disgusts me. In the 60's it was called "Relief", you got that till you got a job, Next they called it "Welfare"because they wanted people to be taken care of and now it is called "Entitlements". 

I see people all around me, doing nothing and living better than I do. Section 8 housing, free medical benefits, $3.00 prescriptions, EBT cards and finally cash. All given to them because, they were/are addicted to drugs, they are alcoholics, they can't find a job..... Well, i know that there are plenty of jobs out there but they don't want to work at McDonalds, they don't want to clean houses, they don't want to stock shelves. Because it is below them. Isn't being on Welfare pretty low? Do something to earn your keep, crossing guard, help the elderly, dig ditches, there are ways to be a productive member of our society. But that would require work.

I could qualify for disability because of my arthritis and degenerative bone disease in my back but my Father instilled a good work ethic in me. I get up everyday and go to work, work 10 hours and go home and take care of my parents. Maybe that's why I can't comprehend the Welfare system...