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In reply to the discussion: Walmart to Get Stuck With Most of Food Stamp Shopping Spree [View all]gopiscrap
(24,101 posts)38. Yes!
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'retailers who chose not to use the emergency procedures that limit sales up to $50 per cardholder'
tomm2thumbs
Oct 2013
#2
AND "other grocery stores in town told customers they would not accept EBT cards
dixiegrrrrl
Oct 2013
#78
Just a gentle comment...for many rural folks, WalMart is their only choice for groceries.
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#17
Does it really look like I give a shit about Wal-Mart and what rural conservative fucknuts do?
Buddha_of_Wisdom
Oct 2013
#18
I agree with you. But it wasn't those you describe that got rid of those wonderful stores...
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#21
I was in a Piggly Wiggly a couple of weeks ago, first one I've seen in quite some time
Fumesucker
Oct 2013
#45
That is the story with most of the grocery chains. Our food has become political...farm bill
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#66
well YOU said- you didn't give a shit about the rural conservative fucknuts> YOU need to understand
KittyWampus
Oct 2013
#95
rural conservative fucknuts" In the context of the discussion rural people who may only have a
KittyWampus
Oct 2013
#92
I saw it happen to Paris, Ky. The cops found a Meth lab in the Nicholasville, Ky Walmart.
alfredo
Oct 2013
#67
Wow. I believe it. Desperate times. Working and qualifying for food stamps. For shame.
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#69
Exactly why WalMart should be beaten down and driven from rural areas, so that other more locally
Erose999
Oct 2013
#101
It's all about population numbers and profits...coming in are Dollar Store-Dollar General-Family
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#110
That is true for much of their stuff, up to the point of the register. When the sale
jtuck004
Oct 2013
#59
store should have known better! look at the tons of abandoned carts when the glitch was fixed.
Sunlei
Oct 2013
#12
Naw, they thought they'd make a bundle and let the people get stuck with the bill rather than
uppityperson
Oct 2013
#50
Should the hard working people of the United States not support those that need help?
pinto
Oct 2013
#54
Hope it was all the Walmart employee's who were on food stamps that when on the shopping spree eom
R Merm
Oct 2013
#15
I'm sorry, but that isn't right, though some limit needs to be established in such conditions.
Owl
Oct 2013
#24
"Shame" on people who normally have to try to eat on something like $4 day?
bread_and_roses
Oct 2013
#26
I'm not a fan of Walmart and I certainly do not feel sorry for them, but this is stealing
Snake Plissken
Oct 2013
#25
I'm 52..if I was young and I did this sort of thing I would have gotten my ass beat with a belt..
fitman
Oct 2013
#114
Walmart corporate allowed these transactions because they didn't want to cut off people...
Demo_Chris
Oct 2013
#51
Well given Walmarts track record, I would say you are on the loosing side of that argument.
Rebellious Republican
Oct 2013
#53
I hear you. It's always been that way, but I see no reason to celebrate it. nt
Demo_Chris
Oct 2013
#64
This is the kind of incident that plays into the whole GOP welfare queen talking point. nt
Demo_Chris
Oct 2013
#61
My sense is that, from WalMart's view, this event turned into advertising. Those goods seem like
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#111