NEWJERSEY: The bureaucrats say”sorry you’re screwed’ — unacceptable

Friday, March 6, 2026

https://local.newsbreak.com/newark-nj/4523831327303-new-jersey-residents-who-rely-on-snap-say-their-moneys-been-swiped?s=dmg_local_email_bucket_13.web2_fromweb&emailId=z64XZlT&uid=-1

Newark
New Jersey residents who rely on SNAP say their money’s been swiped
By Naomi Yané,
11 hours ago

<< EDITOR ADDED DATE 2026-03-05>>

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And Wilson isn’t the only one whose card is being used without ever having lost the physical card. A News 12 viewer sent in a video of a line outside the Family Services building in Jersey City with people trying to figure out who was swiping their benefits.

News 12 reached out to the Hudson County Executive’s Office, which said they’ve seen a surge in scams targeting SNAP and Work First New Jersey benefit recipients.

“The Hudson County Law Department, via its Office of Consumer Affairs, will investigate these thefts and will be in contact with state law enforcement officials to provide monetary relief to victims,” a spokesperson for the office wrote in part.

However, a statement from the State Department of Human Services stated in part, “New Jersey is currently unable to use federal or state funds to restore SNAP or Work First New Jersey cash assistance benefits stolen on or after December 21, 2024, unless federal funding and spending authority is reinstated.”

Back in Essex County, Wilson, like many SNAP Benefit recipients, was told to lock her card when it’s not in use. As for her bare cupboards, she’s forced to stretch what’s already there until next month and she’ll likely have to hit a food pantry.

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Seriously, and what does this person do until the politicians and bureaucrats get off their collective asses and fix it.

I doubt that’s what VISA, MaterCard, or WalMart would say.

Unless they have some reason to suspect fraud by the recipient (happened last month or more than once), they should IMMEDIATELY replace the card with emergency funds.  Or dispense some traditional paper food stamps?

I wouldn’t accept that answer for any of my credit card companies.  Would you?

Argh!

This is completely UNACCEPTABLE!

Argh!

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And why are SNAP cards so vunerable to 

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DISCOURAGING: We are now a welfare nation.

Friday, November 14, 2025

https://survivalblog.com/2025/11/05/survivalblog-readers-editors-snippets-237/

SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets
James Wesley Rawles November 5, 2025

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Reader H.L. wrote:

“So now we learn that one in eight Americans are receiving SNAP benefits. Another nail in our coffin. Those who are working support many others who are not and most could work at something. We are also an aging nation, as many families choose to not have children, or just one or two. So they are supporting with their taxes more and more people who could but do not work. We are in deep trouble and both the Republicans and the Democrats, and way too many Americans have little to no understanding that only capitalism can fix things. We have actually never had pure Capitalism and we are now a welfare nation. Sooner or later, those who work and save will wake up, but will not be able to do anything about it. The only way seems to be we have another revolution like we did back in the late 1700s to divorce ourselves from England.

No nation can last long with an albatross like that around its neck. Saying goodbye to the America that once had such promise.”

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I was also ASTONISHED when the 1 in 8 stat came out. 

For whatever reason, this is unsustainable.  

In bygone days, I knew men who were denied benefits because they were “able bodied”. Now it seems like everyone is “disabled” for reasons OTHER than a missing arm or leg, blind, or some physically flaw.

Not sure how this “epidemic” gets rolled back, but maybe it’s a simple as just just saying: “Sorry we’re broke. (All too true!) And you will have to find help elsewhere.”

Maybe it’s cruel but so it REAL LIFE.  In Nature, a disabled animal is just lunch for another.  

Maybe this is the “Darwin Award”?

Or the Gooferment policy that will lead to the revitalization of the various charitable organizations like the Elks, Moose, VFW, AL, and the ethnic clubs like Irish, Germans, Italians had when I was young.

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