Walmart Defends Food Stamp Shopping Spree Prompted By Electronic Glitch
Spending cap was lifted
Walmart has no regrets about allowing a wild shopping spree at two of its Louisiana stores when an electronic glitch lifted the spending caps on the cards of food stamp recipients.
"We know we made the right choice," Walmart spokesman Kory Lundberg told ABCNews.com today.
The chain has no regrets even though Louisiana's Department of Children and Family Services said food stamp recipients should have been limited to $50 each during the emergency and that Walmart will have to pay the difference.
Lundberg declined to comment about how much the company may have lost or why it did not follow the emergency $50 limit.
(H/T Charles WT)
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Parasites doing what they do best. Being parasitical.
Looters goin to loot.
my question is whose fault was it for the glitch? If it was the governments fault the government needs to eat it for their fuck up shesh
FYTW i guess
Glitches happen. If there is an established emergency limit Walmart should have honored that.