This is the cause of the unusual activity Patches and others noticed in some local supermarkets on Saturday:
Computer Glitch Blamed For Nationwide EBT System Shutdown On Saturday
http://boston.cbslocal.com/201.....hutdown-on-saturday/

New York's system was working, but people evidently heard about the problems and hurried to get their groceries while they still could. Others in Louisiana hurried in to get while the getting was good, as well:

http://www.ksla.com/story/23679489/walmart-shelves-in-springhill-mansfield-cleared-in-ebt-glitch

A glitch is not the same thing as "maintenance", and who does maintenance on a Saturday during normal business hours? I don't believe that this wasn't a test of the chaos those in power can cause with the flip of a switch. If it is just incompetence, negligence, and stupidity, will anyone lose her or his job? Or will it be like the disastrous Obamacare rollout, another giant taxpayer rip-off, with no one taking any responsibility?

So Walmart tried to help these people and in return they took advantage of them and trashed the store, these people are scum.

no...they are not scum....they are a product of our fabulous public systems....I can act too....I can act like I can't do anything
because really why and how can I support a family of 4 on $15/hour....YOU CAN'T.....but, it really doesn't matter they don't
need straw for the bricks because in such a civilized urbane greedy society why should they get a plot of land to live on?
why should anyone get a plot of land to take care of themselves and live free?

1. because urbane civil society is much easier no matter what we think
2. because those who control the land control the masses
3. because those who control the knowledge control the masses
4. because those who control the fiat control the masses
5. because those who control the labels/divisions control the masses ie: WIC, DSS, SECTION 8 etc etc...
6. go ahead and finish the list,,,,,,,,you can't it's endless

no matter how much minimum wage gets raised ..... IT'S STILL THE FU(KING BOTTOM.....it helps no one except those
asking for fu(king votes.....just like EBT users---they are voters......and a lot of the voters are rich who like to keep the status
quo and pretend to use the system as charity...."ooooo, look at the new law I made to help those starving in America"
no one is STARVING in America...that would require organ shut down and the look of someone from the desert in Africa who
has skin laying over bones....have ya seen the healthy fat on those using EBT...granted they are not starving but poor food supply
and choice is an issue....