EBT and Debit Down For Major Grocer

EBT and Debit are down at Publix Supermarket...

Still accepting credit...

Word is there are a few other grocers/corporations experiencing the same issue...

Anyone know whats going on?

It is definitely a possible cause

That's why I'm at work on a Sunday, trying to prepare a roadmap for the coming week

Again, as I mentioned on the other thread, there is this game of cat and mouse we're playing with the treasuries and central bankers

In 2008, the picture was much clearer, they allowed us to follow the respected indicators of risk: Libor/OIS, Euribor, VIX, even honest pricing of precious metals and US dollars

Now, they are trying to prevent hedge funds from exacerbating the problem , they're trying to prevent bear raids, esp on banks which can end up being incredibly costly to taxpayers.

They remember well how predator funds and fellow Ibanks turned cannibalistic shorted Bear, Lehman into insolvency and attempted to drop WFC BAC and C in a feeding frenzy of shorting

But in their understandable battle to prevent that feral pack activity, they've taken the batteries out of the smoke detectors and de-activated the fire alarms. The hurricane alerts have been disabled, the radars turned off unless you have government clearance...

Worse, they are adding deliberately misleading data to confuse the algos and bearish analysts like Nouriel Roubini (who have been deliberately discredited so that few follow their warnings or analysis)

So now how do we know there's trouble? Ordinary prudent investors just trying to remain solvent are increasingly caught in the cross fire between billionaires and central bankers

We're reduced to checking for broken twigs and signs of hoofprints in order to detect what is happening in an increasingly non-transparent system

Believe it or not, we were lucky when Lehman happened. At least the US has (or had) a fairly transparent market where it was difficult to hide problems as they unfolded. It will be far worse when a Lehman style event takes place in a command and control economy like China, Russia or even Europe

That's one of the reasons I check GLP...esp threads like this one

Annecdotal evidence , corroborated over a range of income levels and locations, can be one of the most powerful indicators

i wish i could google 'what the fuck is going on' and all would be revealed. ALL.

there were comments on one of the natwest articles about someone losing their home because of not being able to pay, and others getting black marks on their credit because of payments (automatic) not going through.

so many ways they profit off of this sort of thing. i hope that bank tanks.

and i hope you are not in arrears due to THEIR problem!!!!

make sure you hold onto all the info, screenshots or whatever that proves you are unable to process your finances. what bank are you with?

Here's the thing ive learned about food stamps....

Almost 90% of the people I know personally getting assistance LIE about their income and living situations in order to get more - and the government does no thorough investigation at all for what these people tell them.

I on the other hand didn't lie about how much I make, who lives with me, and how many kids I have to take care of - and got zilch... The amount of food stamps they gave us for a family of four making less than 10,000 a year was 250 a month! No medical for the adults and no cash assistance.

As needed as this program is - it pains me to see it being taken advantage of so terribly...

That extra 250 a month is awesome - its a huge help - and I'm incredibly grateful - but i would never lie just to get more out of it - and I think the liars are allowed to lie because the program is making JP Morgan an incredible amount of money.

This is all my personal observation - I don't think they give a damn about the fabricators, I think they want it.

Edit: spelling.