Economic Collapse Test – EBT Card Glitch Incites Ransacking at Wal-Mart

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  • Screen Shot 2013-10-14 at 8.14.26 AMStory Source: Somicom – When the federal EBT food stamp system suffered a critical failure on Saturday, local retailers were disconnected from the federal food stamp database that keeps track of how much credit is left on each individual EBT card. Seizing the opportunity provided by the glitch, EBT card holders in Louisiana ransacked their local Wal-Mart stores, stuffing their shopping carts full of groceries and “paying” for them with near-empty EBT cards that essentially had unlimited account balances because all accounting was offline.

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    Tags: Food Stamps, EBT, Wal-Mart, Meltdown, news

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