{"id":83521,"date":"2013-10-15T18:37:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T17:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/SHTFplan\/~3\/_FOZGl7N5xE\/alert-government-freezes-ebt-funds-orders-states-to-withhold-transfers-to-food-stamp-recipients_10152013"},"modified":"2013-10-15T18:37:45","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T17:37:45","slug":"alert-government-freezes-ebt-funds-orders-states-to-withhold-transfers-to-food-stamp-recipients-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/alert-government-freezes-ebt-funds-orders-states-to-withhold-transfers-to-food-stamp-recipients-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ALERT: Government Freezes EBT Funds: Orders States to Withhold Transfers to Food Stamp Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"welfare-state\"This weekend America witnessed a limited crash in the computer systems<\/a> that manage electronic benefit transfers across the country. Within hours of the crash panicked food stamp recipients<\/a> who were left with no way to feed their families rushed grocery store shelves to obtain everything they could while the system was down.<\/p>\n

The outage lasted less than a day, but it proved what many already knew, that America had become a nation so dependent on government subsidies<\/a> that any glitch in the system could lead to total pandemonium.<\/p>\n

But if you thought that isolated incident was bad, imagine what could happen next month.<\/p>\n

We say next month because the USDA, which oversees the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), has just issued an order to SNAP agency directors calling for their respective States to implement an emergency contingency program because of government funding issues. In a letter obtained by the Crossroads Urban Center<\/a> food pantry, the USDA is directing state agencies to, \u201cdelay their November issuance files and delay transmission to State Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) vendors until further notice.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

What this means is that should Congress fail to increase the debt ceiling this week, come November there will literally be millions of people in the United States who will have exactly zero dollars transferred to their EBT cards.<\/p>\n

What will happen to the nearly 50 million people who depend on these benefits to survive?<\/p>\n

Think this past weekend and multiply it across the entirety of the United States of America.<\/p>\n

In the State of Utah the immediate effect of the USDA\u2019s contingency plan will be a freeze in benefits for 100,000 people. Richard Phillips, a homeless man who depends on the government\u2019s monthly distributions, warned what would happen next:<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s going to cause problems\u2026 because then you\u2019re going to come to find out that you\u2019re going to have people starting to steal and do what they have to do to survive.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Video Report via The Daily Sheeple<\/a>:<\/p>\n

(Watch at Youtube<\/a>)<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

Here is the USDA letter in full:<\/p>\n

\"ebt-funds-freeze\"<\/p>\n

(click for full size image<\/a>)<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

\"welfare-state\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Author:<\/strong> Mac Slavo
Views:<\/strong> Read by 43,086 people
Date:<\/strong> October 15th, 2013
Website:<\/strong> www.SHTFplan.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"welfare-state\"This weekend America witnessed a limited crash in the computer systems<\/a> that manage electronic benefit transfers across the country. Within hours of the crash panicked food stamp recipients<\/a> who were left with no way to feed their families rushed grocery store shelves to obtain everything they could while the system was down.<\/p>\n

The outage lasted less than a day, but it proved what many already knew, that America had become a nation so dependent on government subsidies<\/a> that any glitch in the system could lead to total pandemonium.<\/p>\n

But if you thought that isolated incident was bad, imagine what could happen next month.<\/p>\n

We say next month because the USDA, which oversees the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), has just issued an order to SNAP agency directors calling for their respective States to implement an emergency contingency program because of government funding issues. In a letter obtained by the Crossroads Urban Center<\/a> food pantry, the USDA is directing state agencies to, “delay their November issuance files and delay transmission to State Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) vendors until further notice.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

What this means is that should Congress fail to increase the debt ceiling this week, come November there will literally be millions of people in the United States who will have exactly zero dollars transferred to their EBT cards.<\/p>\n

What will happen to the nearly 50 million people who depend on these benefits to survive?<\/p>\n

Think this past weekend and multiply it across the entirety of the United States of America.<\/p>\n

In the State of Utah the immediate effect of the USDA’s contingency plan will be a freeze in benefits for 100,000 people. Richard Phillips, a homeless man who depends on the government’s monthly distributions, warned what would happen next:<\/p>\n

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It’s going to cause problems… because then you’re going to come to find out that you’re going to have people starting to steal and do what they have to do to survive. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Video Report via The Daily Sheeple<\/a>:<\/p>\n

(Watch at Youtube<\/a>)<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

Here is the USDA letter in full:<\/p>\n

\"ebt-funds-freeze\"<\/p>\n

(click for full size image<\/a>)<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

\"welfare-state\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Please Spread The Word And Share This Post<\/p>\n

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Author:<\/strong> Mac Slavo
Views:<\/strong> Read by 43,086 people
Date:<\/strong> October 15th, 2013
Website:<\/strong> www.SHTFplan.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Copyright Information:<\/strong> Copyright SHTFplan and Mac Slavo. This content may be freely reproduced in full or in part in digital form with full attribution to the author and a link to www.shtfplan.com. Please contact us for permission to reproduce this content in other media formats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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