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HP Software Update Cancels Food Stamps
Spy Handler writes "A software update of the California welfare computer system (CalWIN) caused 37,000 Food Stamp recipients to lose their EBT (a credit card paid for by the government) benefits last weekend. According to the article, Hewlett Packard was responsible for the failed update of CalWIN, but at 8:00 a.m. today Xerox (who administers another state welfare system called CalFresh) issued a patch that reactivated the EBT cards."
Go fuck yourself too.
We are fed endless psychobabble about the subtle secondary effects of stuff like online dating but nothing is said about the savage hatred that emerges among dependents after they've been bought and paid-for by the welfare state.
What rational argument? There's only two "arguments" that ever come up:
"Hurr, durr, welfare queen derp" which has - since its inception - been a patently false concern.
"Herpaderpaderp smartphones lolololol" - yes, people who become unemployed actually have cellphones that they bought during their previous employment! What's more, they tend to keep them, since skipping out on the contract is generally catastrophically expensive when you have no income, and you generally need a phone to get a new job! Fucking amazing!
I won't even go into the, "THEY'RE BUYING ALL THIS STUFF THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY ACTUALLY BUYING BECAUSE I'M A LYING SACK OF SHIT WHO NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT THE LIST OF ALLOWED PURCHASES!" non-argument.
Nice strawmen.
All bullshit, too.
You should read one very liberal Danial Patrick Moynihan's views on welfare.
You might learn something.
Probably not, though.
Actually mandatory birth control for welfare recipients might not be such a bad idea.