[Occupymendocino] Problems With Privatization of Public Services

[Richard Karch]

Food Stamp Outage Highlights Problems With Privatization of Public Services
Friday, 18 October 2013 09:27
By Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report
The government shutdown was not to blame for the crashing of the food stamp program for poor families in 17 states over the weekend, just the latest in a long line of snafus by private contractors hired by government.
Over the weekend, low-income shoppers in 17 states were unable to use their electronic food stamp debit cards. In this reporter's neighborhood in...

http://truth-out.org/news/item/19481-food-stamp-outage-highlights-problems-with-privatization-of-public-services 


                                       
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