Man wins lottery and continues to get food stamps

[The T]

The legacy of Obamanomics is food stamps and poverty

Careful mon vieux...YOU will be called a NEWTIE...and a Rascist...

Does that mean that we need to withdraw the petition to put Obama on the Face of the dollar food stamp.

I've given out too much REP...*I* owe you.

*Good FORM*, Sir...

 

[bigrebnc1775]

The legacy of Obamanomics is food stamps and poverty

Careful mon vieux...YOU will be called a NEWTIE...and a Rascist...

Does that mean that we need to withdraw the petition to put Obama on the Face of the dollar food stamp.

 

[pete]

Michigan Man Still Receives Food Stamps After Winning $2 Million Jackpot

A Michigan man who won $2 million from a state lottery is reportedly still eligible to receive food stamps.

Leroy Fick of Bay County, Mich., said in an interview with WNEM-TV that he still uses his bridge card at stores despite winning a jackpot on "Make Me Rich!" last June.

"I even called them and asked about the bridge card and (the Department of Human Services) said you can go ahead and keep it if you want to," Fick reportedly told the station.

Fick claims he paid more than half of his winnings in taxes -- leaving him about $850,000 -- according to the station.

State Department of Human Services spokeswoman Gisgie Gendreau told MyFoxDetroit.com that under federal guidelines, lottery winnings are not counted as income if a person receives a lump-sum payment.

Nearly 1.9 million Michigan residents are enrolled in the food assistance program. More than 805,000 are children, according to the Detroit Free Press.

In 2009, the Office of Inspector General investigated more than 2,600 food assistance complaints, finding more than $5 million in fraud.

Start eliminating entitlements and watch the deficit go down ...

 

[brokenarrow]

$2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps

?

I'd rather see an American take advantage of this system, than watch our country be forced to feed the millions of Mexicans who have invaded the United States.

 

[Seawytch]

Practically six pages about whether the guy is a Republican or Democrat? Seriously? Jeez people, if it bugs you that much, call the county registrar. Political Party affiliation is public record.

 

[manifold]

Or a republican?

People lie in their thread titles all the time and I haven't noticed the mods *correcting* them before.

I'm not surprised, there's a lot that escapes you.

But whatcha gonna do?

 

[Vanquish]

Michigan Man Still Receives Food Stamps After Winning $2 Million Jackpot

A Michigan man who won $2 million from a state lottery is reportedly still eligible to receive food stamps.

Leroy Fick of Bay County, Mich., said in an interview with WNEM-TV that he still uses his bridge card at stores despite winning a jackpot on "Make Me Rich!" last June.

"I even called them and asked about the bridge card and (the Department of Human Services) said you can go ahead and keep it if you want to," Fick reportedly told the station.

Fick claims he paid more than half of his winnings in taxes -- leaving him about $850,000 -- according to the station.

State Department of Human Services spokeswoman Gisgie Gendreau told MyFoxDetroit.com that under federal guidelines, lottery winnings are not counted as income if a person receives a lump-sum payment.

Nearly 1.9 million Michigan residents are enrolled in the food assistance program. More than 805,000 are children, according to the Detroit Free Press.

In 2009, the Office of Inspector General investigated more than 2,600 food assistance complaints, finding more than $5 million in fraud.

Start eliminating entitlements and watch the deficit go down ...

Simplistic fucking answer.

Do that and watch your country de-volve into a third-world nation. It would affect the quality of life for every person in this country rich or poor...for the fucking worse.

I love this notion that the government shouldnt help anyone ever at any time for any reason. Wait. I hate that notion.

 

[beowolfe]

Nice title.. Democrat wins lottery and continues to get food stamps.

Link?.. Or is that a stupid-ass assumption?

How many republicans do you know on food stamps??

I bet there are a few but not many...

Its not exactly like the welfare crowed is the republican voting base.

See, that's a problem. The bias says that republicans are rich. The truth is that there are a lot of food stamp receiving republican voters, especially in the rural sections of the south. The consistently vote agains their own self interest because they hate minorities and align themselves with the GOP because that's where the minority haters ran to from the democratic party in the 1960's. so, yes, there are a lot of repbulicans that receive food stamps.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

How many republicans do you know on food stamps??

I bet there are a few but not many...

Its not exactly like the welfare crowed is the republican voting base.

See, that's a problem. The bias says that republicans are rich. The truth is that there are a lot of food stamp receiving republican voters, especially in the rural sections of the south. The consistently vote agains their own self interest because they hate minorities and align themselves with the GOP because that's where the minority haters ran to from the democratic party in the 1960's. so, yes, there are a lot of repbulicans that receive food stamps.

Do you have some proof that they hate minorities? I find it hard to believe that you happen to be acquainted with the majority of people who live in the rural southern U.S. Furthermore, this claim that Democrats ran from their party to join the Republicans in the 1960s is also a myth. The majority of southern voters are still Democrats and only very recently did many of the state legislatures down here flip to the GOP, and by recent, I mean 21st century recent. Furthermore, what do the southerners of the 1960s have to do with the southerners of today? That was 50 years ago and most of those people are dead.

Your claims hold no more water than the OP saying the food stamp man is a Democrat.

 

[MikeK]

He has no money to buy food, but he has money to buy lottery tickets?

He also owns a brand new Audi, Glenn Beck was railing on him last night, and I agree with Beck, the people in this country have lost all sense of morals and values anymore. Well, some of them anyways.

There are two ways to come into a great deal of money quickly and with very little effort. One way is to hit the lottery. Another way is to get lucky in some Wall Street scheme, such as the hedge fund operators who have managed to amass multi-million and multi-billion dollar fortunes by creating and exploiting situations (derivatives, for one) that nearly caused our economy to collapse.

While incomes of that magnitude were subject to a 91% tax rate prior Reagan and Bush the existing tax rate is down to 15%. And after the sophisticated tax accountants whom the super-rich can afford to hire get finished these people end up paying less than 10% in taxes while the damage done to the economy by these legalized scam-artists has driven millions of ordinary Americans out of their jobs and homes and looted their pensions.

Are those mega-millionaires any different in the moral sense from Fick, who is insignificant by comparison?

 

[MikeK]

[...]

I always tell people to plan for retirement and not even factor in Social Security as a consideration. Should it still be around when I retire (fat chance of that) then it'll be extra spending cash.

You should also tell people to never buy anything other than a house and a car that they can't pay cash for and to use credit only when absolutely necessary. And also tell them to exercise every day and never eat fattening foods.

Of course your advice about planning for retirement is wise and sound. But the most unique factor of the Social Security program is its consideration of human nature in that it forces people to participate in something that will serve their interests in the distant future.

In other words, if the average American were capable of heeding your wise advice there would be no need for the Social Security program. But the era of the Great Depression clearly revealed that such is not the case. Millions of seniors died as the direct result of abject poverty during those bitter years but a small monthly check would have sustained them. That is the essential purpose of Social Security -- as many American seniors are finding out in today's economic situation.

 

[American Cowboy]

I see the thread title was changed from "Democrat wins lottery" to "Republican wins lottery" XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX deleted, per board rules

 

[RadiomanATL]

I see it was changed from Democrat wins lottery, to Republican wins lottery XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX deleted per board rules*.

Lemme know how the whining works out

 

[American Cowboy]

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Lemme know how the whining works out

Keep your complaints to pm, please...*

 

[American Cowboy]

$2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps

Democrat wins lottery and continues to get food stamps

A Michigan man who won $2 million in a state lottery game continues to collect food stamps 11 months after striking it rich.

And there's nothing the state can do about it, at least for now.

Leroy Fick, 59, of Auburn won $2 million in the state lottery TV show "Make Me Rich!" last June. But the state's Department of Human Services determined he was still eligible for food stamps, Fick's attorney, John Wilson of Midland, said Tuesday.

Eligibility for food stamps is based on gross income and follows federal guidelines; lottery winnings are considered liquid assets and don't count as income. As long as Fick's gross income stays below the eligibility requirement for food stamps, he can receive them, even if he has a million dollars in the bank.

Food stamps are paid for through tax dollars and are meant to help support low-income families.

"If you're going to try to make me feel bad, you're not going to do it," Fick told WNEM-TV in Saginaw on Monday.

Wilson said Fick told the DHS officials he'd won $2 million but was told he could keep using the Bridge Card issued to him to buy groceries.

Fick could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Al Kimichik, director of the office of inspector general for DHS, said the department could not comment on individual cases but that it this week began the process of requesting a waiver from the federal government to close the lottery loophole. If it is granted, assets would be counted in determining food stamp eligibility.

Though the food stamp program is federal and states must follow U.S. guidelines, states sometimes request waivers of rules. Michigan was granted a waiver recently to stop college students from qualifying for food stamps.

"For Leroy Fick to continue to use a Bridge Card, paid for by the taxpayers, after winning the lottery, is obscene," said Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge. "What a waste of taxpayer money."

Jones contacted DHS officials Monday about Fick's case, and was told the department's hands were tied by federal regulations.

"There is no liquid asset requirement for getting food stamps," Jones said. "The department is asking the federal government for an immediate change (in policy). They're hoping this case will help the federal government act."

Until then, Fick can collect food stamps and keep his lottery winnings in the bank.

"I am not going to sit and debate the ethics of this," Wilson said. "But from his standpoint, he did what he was supposed to do -- he informed the state, and the state said he could keep using the card. The problem is with the state."

Leroy Fick aka The rich Democrat welfare rat!!!!!!!

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I just changed your title to ''man''

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