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kylie1

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40. Sorry but everyone knows what the right thing is

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 09:26 PM

Oct 2013

These people are not victims and they are stealing from the rest of us. My sister was on food stamps and I don't begrudge anyone their use but if you know deep down what the limit is, then for god's sake, control yourself. This is disgusting. WalMart is just as disgusting for thinking they were going to get a payday on behalf of the taxpayers.

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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