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69. Wow. I believe it. Desperate times. Working and qualifying for food stamps. For shame.

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Mon Oct 14, 2013, 11:08 PM

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Walmart to Get Stuck With Most of Food Stamp Shopping Spree [View all] UpInArms Oct 2013 OP

Consider it Wal-Mart giving back for all they have taken. Dawson Leery Oct 2013 #1

Bingo! Heather MC Oct 2013 #5

although wish it would happen to Target PatrynXX Oct 2013 #20

Karma gopiscrap Oct 2013 #37

All? Only about 15 minutes worth. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #43

+ 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #58

Haha, yes indeed! nt City Lights Oct 2013 #85

'retailers who chose not to use the emergency procedures that limit sales up to $50 per cardholder' tomm2thumbs Oct 2013 #2

t least now all the food on their shelves will have current 'sell-by' dates DJ13 Oct 2013 #6

They can't say JonLP24 Oct 2013 #7

That's what they did say creeksneakers2 Oct 2013 #46

According to the article JonLP24 Oct 2013 #72

AND "other grocery stores in town told customers they would not accept EBT cards dixiegrrrrl Oct 2013 #78

Leaving desperate people trying to figure out what they were going to eat. Yo_Mama Oct 2013 #86

Sweet Karma. Buddha_of_Wisdom Oct 2013 #3

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

Believe it or not AverageJoe Oct 2013 #89

Buddha says Walmart bad. Buddha_of_Wisdom Oct 2013 #90

well YOU said- you didn't give a shit about the rural conservative fucknuts> YOU need to understand KittyWampus Oct 2013 #95

^^ this ^^ Myrina Oct 2013 #94

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

Just a gentle grammiepammie Oct 2013 #73

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

Yes! gopiscrap Oct 2013 #38

We need grocery stores owned by the Federal Government FrodosPet Oct 2013 #41

Am I missing something? philosslayer Oct 2013 #99

They should take responsibility Red Mountain Oct 2013 #4

Thanks for giving back Walmart. Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #8

That's a little Cha Oct 2013 #84

I can't believe they were so stupid. MADem Oct 2013 #9

They knew there was a problem, chose not to implement the policy? uppityperson Oct 2013 #10

I think this clip from Community says it all: Salviati Oct 2013 #33

Schadenfruede delrem Oct 2013 #52

Indeed... Salviati Oct 2013 #79

Ah, never saw the and didn't read the comments. delrem Oct 2013 #91

WalMart Uses Consigners rustysgurl Oct 2013 #11

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

You're pointing fingers at the wrong people. .99center Oct 2013 #44

Now that they're on the hook for it........... thelordofhell Oct 2013 #13

This reads as a total setup obxhead Oct 2013 #14

Unfortunately it was not. Fastcars Oct 2013 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #47

Fuck Wal Mart gopiscrap Oct 2013 #49

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

You betcha. Contrary1 Oct 2013 #55

Honor System and Walmart does not compute. nt adirondacker Oct 2013 #65

You shouldn't force poor people to make moral choices ....... oldhippie Oct 2013 #68

I wonder how many were Walmart employees? BainsBane Oct 2013 #70

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

Turn-about is fair play, WalBarf. blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #16

Couldn't happen Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2013 #19

Maybe it's that Trickle Down they've been promising for so long nt Courtesy Flush Oct 2013 #22

Karma can be a bitch. Helps even the score for their slave wages. appleannie1 Oct 2013 #23

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

It is my understanding there are procedures in place Fastcars Oct 2013 #30

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'll worry about poor people "stealing" food when bread_and_roses Oct 2013 #29

Seriously? liberalmuse Oct 2013 #35

Can't believe you said this: fitman Oct 2013 #107

Look how far down the thread I had to go to get someone who GETS IT. 7962 Oct 2013 #39

It is stealing. 840high Oct 2013 #48

Agree with this. Though schadenfreude makes many of us closeupready Oct 2013 #106

This message was self-deleted by its author Cronus Protagonist Oct 2013 #27

Fuck Walmart. bitchkitty Oct 2013 #31

I wonder if Freddie's pays their employees as well as Costco does. MrsKirkley Oct 2013 #56

Not sure - bitchkitty Oct 2013 #100

Safeway has a union. Mosby Oct 2013 #103

They do? bitchkitty Oct 2013 #105

UFCW local 99 Mosby Oct 2013 #117

They used to have a good union arikara Oct 2013 #120

My local WM is filthy fitman Oct 2013 #102

Who can blame them, and karma is a bitch. liberalmuse Oct 2013 #32

suprised on the Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #34

Wrong seattle15 Oct 2013 #96

two wrongs Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #97

Stealing is stealing fitman Oct 2013 #109

"Can't believe what I am reading..." oldhippie Oct 2013 #112

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

suck on it fucking Wal Mart gopiscrap Oct 2013 #36

Sorry but everyone knows what the right thing is kylie1 Oct 2013 #40

I wouldn't be cheering this. washnwmn Oct 2013 #42

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

Walmart is an easy target for a lot of reasons, but much of it is bullshit Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #60

Ever heard the old saying "what goes around comes around". Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #63

I hear you. It's always been that way, but I see no reason to celebrate it. nt Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #64

+1000000 a2liberal Oct 2013 #57

This is the kind of incident that plays into the whole GOP welfare queen talking point. nt Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #61

Exactly. Mojo Electro Oct 2013 #115

Walmart was only interested in the sales figures, bet on it. nt greyl Oct 2013 #81

Like I said in the other thread: Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #119

No honor amongst thieves. K.O. Stradivarius Oct 2013 #62

that certainly describes bush/cheney and those who voted for them Skittles Oct 2013 #77

Walmart will somehow survive this. /nt Ash_F Oct 2013 #71

Good, I hope it hurts mwrguy Oct 2013 #74

Ah! NealK Oct 2013 #75

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha cvoogt Oct 2013 #76

Well that will teach Walmart to have some decent feeling for people on hard times. dkf Oct 2013 #80

Yes, it's sad. The 840high Oct 2013 #88

It's sad that Wal Mart pays such low wages that their employees Kingofalldems Oct 2013 #123

It just shows that some people... Decaffeinated Oct 2013 #82

Sometimes stealing is a good thing. ileus Oct 2013 #83

Bah, ha ha....serves them right. n/t bobGandolf Oct 2013 #87

Good. Myrina Oct 2013 #93

It's sickening. Dishonesty is never ok. Omnith Oct 2013 #98

Nor is withholding overtime pay, or discriminating against women. closeupready Oct 2013 #104

True, but two wrongs don't make a right. Omnith Oct 2013 #113

Um, no. On balance, Walmart needs to do a HELL of a lot closeupready Oct 2013 #116

It may not have been legally wrong, but it was still morally wrong. Omnith Oct 2013 #118

I really feel bad for... skypilot Oct 2013 #108

My sense is that, from WalMart's view, this event turned into advertising. Those goods seem like libdem4life Oct 2013 #111

That's digusting. I can't believe they'd act like that. Pterodactyl Oct 2013 #121

couldn't have happened to a nicer company gejohnston Oct 2013 #122