Prepare For Nationwide Riots! USDA Sends States Notice To Hold Off 'Until Further Notice' Process That Distributes Food Aid To 46 Million People In The US
Susan Duclos
All News Pipeline
Sep 23, 2015
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The title comes from a key quote from an Associated Press story via US News and World Report article announcing that a government shutdown would "suspend or delay food stamp payments to some of the 46 million Americans who receive the food aid."

"If Congress does not act to avert a lapse in appropriations, then USDA will not have the funding necessary for SNAP benefits in October and will be forced to stop providing benefits within the first several days of October," said Catherine Cochran, a spokeswoman for USDA. "Once that occurs, families won't be able to use these benefits at grocery stores to buy the food their families need."

USDA on Friday sent a letter to states asking them to hold off "until further notice" on starting the process that distributes benefits at the first of the month.

The Agriculture Department declined to give details on why the automatic funding would not continue. In the 2013 government shutdown, food stamp dollars were not affected.

As previous experience has shown, when EBT cards, welfare funds for food or cash, have previously gone down due to simply a "glitch," threats of "Rodney King style riots" have been made, stores were looted, chaos has occurred... and that was just when the system was down for less than a day.