More of our GOV benefits Amanda Clayton millionaire on food assistance
The Motley Fool
March 07, 2012
While most people have played the “if I had a million dollars I would ____ ” thought game, few fill that blank in with “stay on public assistance.”
Amanda Clayton, a 24-year-old from Lincoln Park, Michigan, is one of the few who does, and she is getting away with it. Clayton won $1 million from the Michigan State Lottery this fall, but she is still collecting and using $200 a month in food assistance from the taxpayers with her Michigan Bridge Card.
“I thought that they would cut me off, but since they didn’t, I thought maybe it was okay because I’m not working,” the lottery winner who just purchased a new house and car told Local 4 in Detroit. The station even filmed her shamelessly purchasing goods.
When Local 4 asked if she felt she had a right to the money, Clayton responded, “I mean I kinda do.”
Clayton justified the sentiment by explaining that after taking her winnings in a lump sum and having to pay taxes, the total amount was just over half of the initial winnings.
“I feel that it’s okay because I mean, I have no income and I have bills to pay,” she said. “I have two houses.” ...
[WOW ... this pathetic woman HAD to pay taxes on her $1 million lottery winnings, she HAS two houses, she HAS bills to pay, and she DOESN'T work ... so, naturally, she whines about how it should be perfectly okay for her to continue receiving food assistance payments from the taxpayers! She and Sandra Fluke are leftist soul-mates.
B.]
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