Foodstamp Use Increases, Sets Up Civil War?

Food stamp use reached a record 46.7 million people under Barack Obama this June.  He has called for more people to sign up.  Why?

Well, if you care to read this rather bizzare doomsday prediction of the looming civil war in the United States you might at least find time to pause to consider why the president would want more people on Food Stamps.

In response to recent articles in mainstream military journals discussing the use of the U.S. Army to quell insurrections on American soil,
I offer an alternate vision of the future. Instead of a small town in
the South as the flash point, picture instead a score of U.S. cities in
the thrall of riots greater than those experienced in Los Angeles in
1965 (Watts), multiple cities in 1968 (MLK assassination), and Los Angeles again in 1992 (Rodney King). New Yorkers can imagine the 1977 blackout looting or the 1991 Crown Heights disturbance.
In fact, the proximate spark of the next round of major riots in
America could be any from a long list cribbed from our history.

We have seen them all before, and we shall see them all again as
history rhymes along regardless of the century or the generation of
humankind nominally in control of events. But the next time we are
visited by widespread, large-scale urban riots, a dangerous new
escalation may be triggered by a new vulnerability: It’s estimated that
the average American home has less than two weeks of food on hand. In
poor minority areas, it may be much less. What if a cascading economic crisis, even a temporary one, leads to millions of EBT (electronic benefit transfer)
cards flashing nothing but zeroes? Or if the government’s refusal to
reimburse them causes supermarket chains to stop accepting them for
payment? The government can order the supermarkets to honor the cards,
but history’s verdict is clear: If suppliers are paid only with
worthless scrip or blinking digits, the food will stop.

In my scenario, the initial riots begin spontaneously across affected urban areas, as SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program) and other government welfare recipients learn that their EBT cards no longer function. This sudden revelation will cause widespread anger, which will quickly lead to the flash-mob looting of local supermarkets and other businesses.

The ransacked supermarkets, convenience stores, ATMs and gas
stations will not be restocked during this period due to the precarious
security situation.

These delays, in turn, will lead to more riots with the
constant underlying demand that hungry people be fed, one way or
another.

Catch-22, anyone? When these demands do not bring the desired
outcome, the participants will ratchet up the violence, hoping to force
action by the feckless state and national governments. [Western Rifle Shooters]