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HP Software Update Cancels Food Stamps

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-soup-for-you dept.

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."

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  1. Nice! by Bodhammer · · Score: 0, Troll

    Can they do it at the National level?

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    1. Re:Nice! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      Go fuck yourself too.

    2. Re:Nice! by Nyder · · Score: 0, Troll

      Agreed. Canada has exactly the same problem. I came out of high school, worked 6 years as an apprentice got my license as an electrician and have since been out of work. I don't qualify for welfare but there is gov. subsidized housing down the street with a parking lot full of 2012 pickups and BMWs. Both countries need a serious overhaul to their welfare systems.

      Did you by chance go to the subsidized housing and find out who owns which vehicles? They could be visitors, they could of been vehicles that they inherited from a relative, they could be other people who pay to park their cars there.

      Instead you make assumptions.

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    3. Re:Nice! by flimflammer · · Score: 0, Troll

      Sure, and while we're at it, lets start sterilizing anyone with a below average IQ. They shouldn't be having kids anyway.