The Coming Food Stamp Riots

It may not happen this month, or even this year, but food stamp riots
are coming to America.  In fact, we got a small preview of the coming
food stamp riots this past weekend when a "temporary system failure"
caused food stamp cards to stop working in 17 U.S. states.  Within
hours, there were "mini-riots" at Wal-Marts and other retailers that
rely heavily on food stamp users.  So what would happen if food stamp
benefits were cut off or reduced for an extended period of time?

As you will see below, if Congress had not pushed through a "deal", the
USDA would have started cutting off food stamp benefits on November
1st.  Considering the fact that 47 million Americans are on food stamps
and more than 100 million Americans are enrolled in at least one
welfare program run by the federal government, that could have sparked
massive rioting.  So the good news is that the coming food stamp riots
will probably not happen in November.  The bad news is that the "deal"
in Congress only delays the political fighting until after Christmas. 
In just a few months we will be dealing with a potential "government
shutdown" and a debt ceiling deadline once again.