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Carr: EBT card shutdown? Now THAT’S outrage
BostonHerald.com ^ | October 15, 2013 | Howie Carr

Posted on 10/15/2013 4:52:26 AM PDT by Boston Blackie

A woman named Laura told me yesterday she was at the Market Basket in Salem, N.H. The woman in front of her took one EBT card from her designer purse, tried to run it through and failed. She shrugged and pulled out a second one.

That one didn’t work either, so she took out a third card and tried that. When it didn’t work, she pulled out a wad of cash that would choke a horse, all 50s and 100s, and paid cash.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: ebt; obamacare; welfare

1 posted on 10/15/2013 4:52:26 AM PDT by Boston Blackie
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To: Boston Blackie

3 EBT cards..and probably drove away in her caddy SUV


2 posted on 10/15/2013 4:59:51 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Boston Blackie

Something for everyone reading this needs to keep in mind. This was not an accident, it was planned to gauge the reaction for future implementation. What computer expert or IT manager rolls out an update to an on-line application? None worth their salt, period. Beta testing on a parallel network server system until it passes time and time again.

It was deliberate. Everything this usurper is doing right now is deliberate. Think of everything that is not being covered or pushed back out of sight.


3 posted on 10/15/2013 5:04:21 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: Boston Blackie

This is how they do it, no checking or savings account, no home ownership, pay bills with money orders. Ok to have a car or truck. Pay with cash, most do not pay taxes and they have a underground economy.

Used to work at the USPS in a rural area and dreaded the 1st of the month, swamped with customers getting money orders and paying cash. Most were mexicans and blacks. You wouldnt believe the cash people had....it is a racket they all know!


4 posted on 10/15/2013 5:04:35 AM PDT by seeker41 (take your country back by whatever means necessary)
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To: Boston Blackie

Was in line at Food Lion the other day. Behind me were 2 latinas with a basket and a government check. When I was finished they handed their check to the cashier who had to call the manager. The manager tried to talk to them in English, they just pointed at the check. The manager shrugged and told the clerk to give ‘em the food and any cash left over from the check.
Gee, I wonder what party they will vote for when they become citizens..


5 posted on 10/15/2013 5:08:11 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: seeker41
most do not pay taxes

It's worse than that! Most get a tax credit!
6 posted on 10/15/2013 5:13:25 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Boston Blackie

According to a survey a few months ago, the average welfare “family” in Massachusetts collects the equivalent of a pretax income of $57,000 a year.


7 posted on 10/15/2013 5:16:12 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: mazda77

“...This was not an accident, it was planned to gauge the reaction for future implementation....”

Exactly. And we all saw the horrific reaction to just a few hours of “downtime”. This is how he’ll probably justify declaring “ObamaLaw” across the land.


8 posted on 10/15/2013 5:19:07 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: ArtDodger

ONLY SLOUTION= Alternative Currency backed by Gold/Silver! It’s in the Constitution...read it! Research these dates in history: Dec 1913 and Aug 1971! Let the vampires and bloodsuckers keep their FIAT money...DEMAND CONGRESS ISSUE A “NEW” CURRENCY BACKED BY REAL GOLD & SILVER! I can’t believe very few of you get it!


9 posted on 10/15/2013 5:22:01 AM PDT by gumbie05
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To: Boston Blackie

And yet another reason to end the drug war...

That’s dope money, baby.


11 posted on 10/15/2013 5:38:32 AM PDT by Molon Labbie (Prep. Now. Live Healthy, take your Shooting Iron daily.)
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To: mazda77

“Something for everyone reading this needs to keep in mind. This was not an accident, it was planned to gauge the reaction for future implementation. What computer expert or IT manager rolls out an update to an on-line application? None worth their salt, period. Beta testing on a parallel network server system until it passes time and time again.”

Sure about that and how do you know?


13 posted on 10/15/2013 5:50:46 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Boston Blackie
According to a survey a few months ago, the average welfare “family” in Massachusetts collects the equivalent of a pretax income of $57,000 a year.

How many of the U.S. citizens working in the supermarkets make even half that?

That's outrageous.

I'd be willing to bet that the lady with the 3 EBT cards is registered to vote under those 3 names as well.

14 posted on 10/15/2013 5:52:33 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: mazda77

Once Obamacare takes hold, the government will nationalize all savings “for the great good.”

Don’t laugh. It’s happened before...


15 posted on 10/15/2013 5:57:03 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: Boston Blackie
"The woman in front of her took one EBT card from her designer purse, tried to run it through and failed. She shrugged and pulled out a second one

. That one didn’t work either, so she took out a third card and tried that. When it didn’t work, she pulled out a wad of cash that would choke a horse, all 50s and 100s, and paid cash."


Now close your eyes and picture this scene ... 3 ebt's, a horse choking wad of 50's and 100's ...

Can you SEE her ?

I can't.

16 posted on 10/15/2013 5:58:11 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: Boston Blackie

Do you realize that Obama has a brand-new Presidential power: push-button riots.

He can either stop the EBT cards from working, or, as happened in Louisiana, have the cards show no spending limits. Two Wal-Marts were stripped bare when the word got out.

Wherever and whenever Obama wants to trigger chaos, he now has a remote control. Just shut off the EBT cards, or shut off their spending limits.

Of course, his personal integrity would prevent his using this new power.


17 posted on 10/15/2013 6:00:13 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan (If you're FOR sticking scissors in a female's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)
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To: knarf
We're talking about the corrupt Deval Patrick administration. I have seen people pull out multiple cards while standing in line at the grocery store.

A recent audit showed over 1000 EBT cards being used by dead people and 30,000 EBT cards unaccounted for. The list is endless and you are fortunate that your state is not (as) corrupt.

Some of the cards are loaded with thousands of dollars.

18 posted on 10/15/2013 6:12:09 AM PDT by Boston Blackie
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To: seeker41
Used to work at the USPS in a rural area and dreaded the 1st of the month, swamped with customers getting money orders and paying cash. Most were mexicans and blacks. You wouldnt believe the cash people had....it is a racket they all know!

I see it all the time working on the trains going into NYC. Mexicans with wads of cash and an EBT card.

We are a country in rapid decline.

19 posted on 10/15/2013 6:12:19 AM PDT by YankeeReb
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To: Boston Blackie

When the EBTs quit working, what will the parasites do?

1. Loot their local stores.

2. Flash mob looting of your stores.

3. Dragging their children to your door and begging for food.

4. Breaking into your home and stealing everything they can get their hands on.

5. Think about getting a job.

Stopping them at step #2 would be my recommendation.


20 posted on 10/15/2013 6:13:31 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: mazda77

I did some research and yes, you do need to do a beta test effort.


21 posted on 10/15/2013 6:13:59 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: mazda77

Agree. It was a test run.


22 posted on 10/15/2013 6:14:24 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan (If you're FOR sticking scissors in a female's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)
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To: mazda77
None worth their salt, period

Government employees - need I say more?

23 posted on 10/15/2013 6:18:20 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: YankeeReb

Agreed!!!

Many people are going Galt...


24 posted on 10/15/2013 6:21:03 AM PDT by seeker41 (take your country back by whatever means necessary)
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To: Boston Blackie
K .. thanx ...

(I'm old enough to REMEMBER Boston Blackie)

25 posted on 10/15/2013 6:32:24 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: knarf
(I'm old enough to REMEMBER Boston Blackie)

LOL. Me too. Keep on plugging ... it beats the alternative.

27 posted on 10/15/2013 6:53:12 AM PDT by Boston Blackie
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To: Boston Blackie

What I could do with $57k!!!


28 posted on 10/15/2013 6:55:42 AM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: mazda77
It was deliberate

Deny it all they want but it WAS deliberate. As the park ranger was told to make life difficult.

29 posted on 10/15/2013 6:57:57 AM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: Boston Blackie

Slavery is back. The new slaves are the people who work at a job, get paid, and give 40% of their earnings to the government which then takes it and gives it to people who faithfully vote democrat.

Then the democrats tell these people that the wage earners hate them, which encourages them to commit crime against the wage earners. If the wage earners say even one word in protest they are called racist.

Welcome to the new slavery.


30 posted on 10/15/2013 7:04:43 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: Boston Blackie

I love how illiterate headline writers are these days ...


31 posted on 10/15/2013 7:05:06 AM PDT by Theo (May Christ be exalted above all.)
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To: lgjhn23
This is how he’ll probably justify declaring “ObamaLaw” across the land.

Last Spring I said the end of Nov would be fan hitting time and things are falling into line. hussein has his brotherhood intrenched in every gov department, he's played out his lock down in Boston, practiced drills and dry runs, bought up ammo, turned peaceful "serve and protect" local LE into ninja hooded SWAT teams, stirred up racial divides, is spying on us all, closed parks and eased the closures out to state and private land to see how far he could push it, etc. Now, he's pulled the EBT stunt. Makes one wonder if Hasan is still on death row or is ringing up room service in the Lincoln Bedroom.

32 posted on 10/15/2013 7:10:32 AM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: mazda77

You are right, this wasn’t a SNAFU, this was intentional.

The Zippo adm was ginning up civil unrest in all three groups, Whites, Hispanics/illegals, and with this Blacks.

I wasn’t am accident he was ginning up civil unrest with the Whites and Hispanics all during the week when right wing talk radio was being used to his advantage, then he gins up civil unrest with Blacks on a weekend when only his message gets out.


34 posted on 10/15/2013 7:43:22 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: Doogle
caddy SUV

I was 'working' (volunteer) at church one evening and a gal stopped by to pick up a couple bags of groceries from our food pantry. She couldn't make it during normal hours, so someone had set them aside. She stopped in to pick them up, and she was wearing scrubs. I was glad to know that she was working, and hoping things would turn around for her soon. We tracked down the groceries and I helped her carry them out to her vehicle - an Escalade.

I admit I had jumped to a couple conclusions, then I was able to spend some quality time working on my heart...jealous/bitter (mine/wife/kids vehicles combined not worth 1/3 of their vehicle)

35 posted on 10/15/2013 7:57:54 AM PDT by LearnsFromMistakes (Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
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To: I want the USA back

Perfect! You summed it up in just a few words.


36 posted on 10/15/2013 8:42:22 AM PDT by Nea Wood (When life gets too hard to stand, kneel.)
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To: IMR 4350

Hey now! Hold on there! “The Zippo adm was ginning up civil unrest”?

When I gin up civil unrest, it will be well armed and operating at accurate 30-06 distance.


37 posted on 10/15/2013 10:37:08 AM PDT by Zippo44 (Liberal: another word for poltroon.)
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