Food Stamp Fail

[Sam Fisher]

Michigan lotto winner charged with welfare fraud

LINCOLN PARK, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan woman who continued to get food stamps after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot has been charged with welfare fraud.
The Michigan attorney general's office announced two felony charges Tuesday against 25-year-old Amanda Clayton of Lincoln Park. She was arrested Monday and was expected to be arraigned Tuesday in Lincoln Park's 25th District Court. The charges are punishable by up to four years in prison.

Clayton chose a $700,000 lump sum, before taxes, last fall after winning the jackpot on "Make Me Rich!" a Michigan lottery game show. The case came to light last month. She told Detroit TV station WDIV at the time that she thought it might have been OK to keep using food stamps because she wasn't working.

She was dropped from the food program.

:baconsalt:

 

[Mayhem]

The part that gets my attention is where a jail cell gets occupied over food stamps. Hopefully there's a meth-crazed knife wielder that's up for early release.

 

[Hondarobot]

I have no idea what the hell Sam Fisher is posting about.

I imagine it's: "This woman continued to take food stamps after winning money on the lottery!"

Those food stamps probably really add up to huge amount of graft. Like $200 a month. Honestly, she probably just forgot to cancel it.

I think there should be an initiative to enslave conservative republicans, because they value the work ethic so highly, and would presumably be good workers.

 

[LeyaFalcon]

Wow that is disgusting. No wonder why our country is broke.

 

[Hondarobot]

Someone receiving food stamps, after winning a lottery, is not why the country is "broke".

:rofl:

 

[Sam Fisher]

Someone receiving food stamps, after winning a lottery, is not why the country is "broke". :rofl:

45.8 million Americans are on food stamps, dip-shit. Do the math!

 

[Hondarobot]

45.8 million Americans are on food stamps, dip-shit. Do the math!

And starting full throttle with Bush Sr. the US started wide scale outsourcing to various countries, which eroded our domestic industry and work force, which made people jobless/poor.

Now that those people cant purchase food, what would you suggest they do? Just drop dead?

 

[Jane Burgess]

She knew she was still getting them. There was a news story on her and she said she didn't see anything wrong with it since she didn't have a job.

 

[Hondarobot]

I'm not going to argue with you, it's pointless. I don't even like talking to Conservative Republicans.

And you're gonna lose the next presidential election, so boo-hoo to you!

;P

 

[PlumpRump]

And starting full throttle with Bush Sr. the US started wide scale outsourcing to various countries, due to our eroded domestic industry and work force made so by internal over-regulation, restrictive environmental & labor laws and greedy, inefficient unions, which made it nearly impossible to do profitable business in the United States, especially with extremely attractive and welcoming business climates emerging the world over, thus leaving a significant number of American people jobless/poor.

Now that those people cant purchase food, what would you suggest they do? Win the lottery and get off food stamps?

Fixed.

 

[Kingfisher]

Make her repay all the years of food stamps, plus interest, and a court imposed "courtesy" fee, for taking care of her all of those years.

 

[ShikokuKichiguy]

Instead of complaining about those few getting the really BIG $$, why do the the ignorant whine about the multitude getting a pittance to survive........why do they hate the American working class so much?

Look at corporate subsidies & see how that easily dwarfs the amount of money used for human beings.

 

[lurkingdirk]

Hey, look. Someone played the system. Oh, and got caught. But they got a few hundred dollars worth of food stamps when they shouldn't.

Clearly, this is the fault of Obama's socialist agenda.

 

[Mr. Numb3rs]

google search F.(egore) Nixon.

also, theres this...

forgot my ass.

 

[Sam Fisher]

 

[betagammapi]

She won't spend a day in jail. She'll be hit with a fee large enough to cover what she took when she wasn't eligible and, as a convinced felon, will branded for life and might not be able to vote, buy guns, or even have a meaningful job. All because she was clearly dishonest and tried to rip society off. Sounds good to me.

 

[Nester6]

I'm not going to argue with you, it's pointless. I don't even like talking to Conservative Republicans.

And you're gonna lose the next presidential election, so boo-hoo to you!

;P

Wanna bet on that one????

 

[Ruddiger]

Michigan lotto winner charged with welfare fraud

LINCOLN PARK, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan woman who continued to get food stamps after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot has been charged with welfare fraud.
The Michigan attorney general's office announced two felony charges Tuesday against 25-year-old Amanda Clayton of Lincoln Park. She was arrested Monday and was expected to be arraigned Tuesday in Lincoln Park's 25th District Court. The charges are punishable by up to four years in prison.

Clayton chose a $700,000 lump sum, before taxes, last fall after winning the jackpot on "Make Me Rich!" a Michigan lottery game show. The case came to light last month. She told Detroit TV station WDIV at the time that she thought it might have been OK to keep using food stamps because she wasn't working.

She was dropped from the food program.

:baconsalt:

You do understand that not every person who is on food stamps will go on to win the $1 million lottery and subsequently abuse the food stamp program, do you?

 

[Ruddiger]

About as gross an oversimplification of the food stamp program as I've ever seen it.

 

[Mr. Numb3rs]

About as gross an oversimplification of the food stamp program as I've ever seen it.

i see it every day. people with clothes with the tags still on, bling up the ass, top of the line phones/cars, yet they live off the gubment.

one of my 3 closest friends is not so well off (and african american) and these type of people send her into an uproar. without any doubt she will become a successful person with her talents... and thats because she is working hard, and refuses to live off the system