Won the lotto, cleared 500K but still sponges food stamps

[Fabbs]

And it's legal. :lmao
W-h-y do you people still vote?

http://news.yahoo.com/lottery-winner-food-stamps-thought-maybe-okay-because-161650898.html

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.” :lmao
Rest of article in link including News 4 confronting her on video.

[Fabbs]

http://www.red-alerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/amanda-clayton.jpg

[Viva Las Espuelas]

She should be billed for what she's received since winning the lottery imho. She should also be scolded like a child for being so stupid and inconsiderate, as well.

[coyotes_geek]

She'll be broke again in a year...

[Slydragon]

Reminds me of some old MTV show where Old DB was geting his old school paper stamps cash out to him. This chick is just a dumbass.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

She'll be broke again in a year...

[Fabbs]

She should be billed for what she's received since winning the lottery imho. She should also be scolded like a child for being so stupid and inconsiderate, as well.
I could see where some people could and would have some left over legitimate anger towards the State (wrongful imprisonment, raped as a kid and State prosecution dropped the ball and/or aided the molesters case), but this chick gives no indication of any such.
In front of the cameras and all. Give it a rest chick.
"I'm not working and i have bills to pay" :lmao :downspin::downspin:

[Agloco]

She'll be broke again in a year...

This.

[baseline bum]

And it's legal. :lmao
W-h-y do you people still vote?

http://news.yahoo.com/lottery-winner-food-stamps-thought-maybe-okay-because-161650898.html

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.” :lmao
Rest of article in link including News 4 confronting her on video.

What the fuck did her house cost in Detroit? 5 grand?

[mavs>spurs]

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.” :lmao
Rest of article in link including News 4 confronting her on video.

:wtf Why do women always feel so entitled and special? This is downright criminal..this country needs to adapt its ways and stop waste like this if it wants to survive.

[baseline bum]

She'll be broke again in a year...

Yeah, 500 grand ain't shit if you're going to try to live Luck_the_Fakers-rich tbh.

[mouse]

If your jobless and need the state to feed you where you getting the money to play lotto?

[cantthinkofanything]

http://www.red-alerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/amanda-clayton.jpg

she's white???

[DMC]

she's white???

And? There are more white people collecting food assistance and welfare than any other race tbh.

[redzero]

If your jobless and need the state to feed you where you getting the money to play lotto?

When are you going to learn English?

[desflood]

:wtf Why do women always feel so entitled and special?
Women? Whatever.

http://topics.myfoxboston.com/m/40382149/mi-lottery-winner-still-on-welfare.htm

[coyotes_geek]

And? There are more white people collecting food assistance and welfare than any other race tbh.

I believe CTOA was poking fun at the stereotype that all lotteries are won by minorities. Non-whites participate in lotteries at a higher rate than whites do.

[cantthinkofanything]

I believe CTOA was poking fun at the stereotype that all lotteries are won by minorities. Non-whites participate in lotteries at a higher rate than whites do.

Yes. Exactly.

[DMC]

Yes. Exactly.
Yeah sure. I thought you were making stereotypical comments regarding her choice in apparel.

[Fabbs]

If your jobless and need the state to feed you where you getting the money to play lotto?
Calif did some sort of check with casinos that were accepting forms of gov't welfare type payouts. The results were shameful. :lol

As if no one running the programs could have foreseen it. :rolleyes

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/politics&id=8096317

CALIFORNIA WELFARE MONEY BEING SPENT IN LAS VEGAS CASINO'S: $70 MILLION http://thehive.modbee.com/node/21542

Strip clubs too. http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/02/01/new-push-to-block-welfare-money-from-being-used-at-strip-clubs-casinos/

[Wild Cobra]

she's white???
Didn't you know?

There are more white people on public assistance than minorities. wanting to curtail welfare type programs is not a racist thing.

[Wild Cobra]

:wtf Why do women always feel so entitled and special? This is downright criminal..this country needs to adapt its ways and stop waste like this if it wants to survive.

It's not just women. we have probably as many or more men who are shameless. What about those who are absent fathers, or don't pay their child support who can? So many other categories, but these shameless men... their offspring would be better off if these fathers were dead.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Calif did some sort of check with casinos that were accepting forms of gov't welfare type payouts. The results were shameful. :lol

As if no one running the programs could have foreseen it. :rolleyes

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/politics&id=8096317

CALIFORNIA WELFARE MONEY BEING SPENT IN LAS VEGAS CASINO'S: $70 MILLION http://thehive.modbee.com/node/21542

Strip clubs too. http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/02/01/new-push-to-block-welfare-money-from-being-used-at-strip-clubs-casinos/

Why do you hate America, fabbs? Quit being racist.

[CubanMustGo]

What the fuck did her house cost in Detroit? 5 grand?

You can pick up housing in Detroit for a song. D-town has about 1/3rd the people it did at its height.

Nice place, tho:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/06/article-2111060-120D7E25000005DC-668_468x286.jpg

[CubanMustGo]

Besides, times are tough, she apparently can't afford makeup or having her hair done any more:

http://lonelyconservative.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Amanda-Clayton-300x222.jpg

[Wild Cobra]

Besides, times are tough, she apparently can't afford makeup or having her hair done any more:

http://lonelyconservative.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Amanda-Clayton-300x222.jpg
maybe she already blew her wad.

Now I prefer women who look good without makeup, but damn... She needs makeup!

Wait...

Maybe she's modeling for a character to be seen on the Simpsons...

[mouse]

When are you going to learn English?


You live in America!
.learn Spanish?

[coyotes_geek]

LINCOLN PARK, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan woman who continued to get food stamps after winning a lottery jackpot was arraigned Tuesday on welfare fraud charges.

Amanda Clayton, 25, of Lincoln Park was arrested on Monday. If convicted of the two felony charges, she could face up to four years in prison.

link (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/michigan-lotto-winner-charged-welfare-164254140.html)

[RandomGuy]

The state Department of Human Services has said it was Clayton's responsibility to report her dramatic change in wealth within 10 days. She was dropped from the food program.

"It's simply common sense that million dollar lottery winners forfeit their right to public assistance," Attorney General Bill Schuette said in a statement Tuesday. "We will continue to work with local, state and federal authorities to uphold state laws intended to ensure wise stewardship of taxpayer dollars."


So, it wasn't really legal.

(reference:)

... and it's legal

[bus driver]

$1 mil......wonder if she is single. :greedy






If your jobless and need the state to feed you where you getting the money to play lotto?

from the stupid asses that have jobs :bang

[Viva Las Espuelas]

:lol what an idiot

[Fabbs]

So, it wasn't really legal.
Was all the way up until at least 2010. :lol

Clayton wasn't the first Michigan lottery winner to keep public benefits. Last spring, a TV station reported that Leroy Fick, 60, of Bay County, was using the food program despite winning an $850,000 lump sum prize in 2010. He told state officials about his wealth but was allowed to temporarily keep his card because lump-sum windfalls at that time were not counted as regular income under the program.

The state has since banned anyone with assets of more than $5,000, excluding a car, from the food stamp program. That ban knocked Fick off the rolls.

[Drachen]

Gonna be in jail, but still broke in a year. She will deposit it all into her commisary.

[SpurinDallas]

So when she gets out of jail, she'll once again be broke..and back on food stamps. This woman will have come full circle.

[mouse]

Theses people can't be any worst than the asshats on the Wayne Wright commercials bragging about how they get SSI checks from an ingrown toenail.


"My name is Lupe after 14 tries to get SSI for my itchy scalp Wayne Wright helped me get over 500 thousand dollars and 52 cents in my pocket"


"Thanks Career point" (insert video of overweight Latin girl getting off bus"


Now back to Judge Judy.....

[SpurinDallas]

Theses people can't be any worst than the asshats on the Wayne Wright commercials bragging about how they get SSI checks from an ingrown toenail.


"My name is Lupe after 14 tries to get SSI for my itchy scalp Wayne Wright helped me get over 500 thousand dollars and 52 cents in my pocket"


"Thanks Career point" (insert video of overweight Latin girl getting off bus"


Now back to Judge Judy.....

Reminds me of the other cheesy daytime commercial:

Vato #1: "Hey man, wanna go CHOOT some POO?"
Vato #2: "Nah man, I gotta go to SKOO."

[Drachen]

Found dead, drug overdose.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/30/amanda-clayton-dead-dies-lottery-winner-food-stamps_n_1926586.html

[Wild Cobra]

She must have bought a lotto drugs.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Good riddance. One less welfare abusing junkie in the world. I feel bad for the kids though. Hope she left some of the money to them

[Trill Clinton]

white entitlement knows no boundaries.

[Drachen]

white entitlement knows no boundaries.

I do believe that ODB had a few schekels more than 500k

[Trill Clinton]

I do believe that ODB had a few schekels more than 500k


those were his baby mama's stamps he was showing off.

[Drachen]

... who, by virtue of his earning power, should have been getting a ton in child support, unless he is a deadbeat which brings us back to the original point.

[SA210]

Good riddance. One less welfare abusing junkie in the world. I feel bad for the kids though. Hope she left some of the money to them

Obama has murdered a tremendous amount of innocent women and kids in his illegal drone wars and other war while spending billions doing it all, but we celebrate the death of a woman getting food-stamps. lol Yea, let's teach Her a lesson :rolleyes

[ChumpDumper]

I think she taught herself a lesson.

[Trill Clinton]

... who, by virtue of his earning power, should have been getting a ton in child support, unless he is a deadbeat which brings us back to the original point.

just how much earning power do you think odb had? dude was in and out of jail, had attorney fees out the ass, 7 kids(only 3 with his wife) and 7 child support payments, if he paid any at all. the women being on food stamps were not getting a ton, c'mon son.

[symple19]

one less scumbag

[Drachen]

his attorney's fees have nothing to do with his earning power. he was a part of a very popular musical group that was selling a lot of records. I am not even saying that his baby's mother couldn't have been on food stamps, because you are right, he may not have been paying her child support, bringing me back to my original point that he was a deadbeat and that black people have similar entitlement issues as those you pointed out with this white woman.

[Trill Clinton]

his attorney's fees have nothing to do with his earning power. he was a part of a very popular musical group that was selling a lot of records. I am not even saying that his baby's mother couldn't have been on food stamps, because you are right, he may not have been paying her child support, bringing me back to my original point that he was a deadbeat and that black people have similar entitlement issues as those you pointed out with this white woman.

what do you mean by black people have similar entitlement issues? i don't understand.

[DMC]

She was someone's daughter. Too bad she couldn't have taken the entire group.

[DMC]

Obama has murdered a tremendous amount of innocent women and kids in his illegal drone wars and other war while spending billions doing it all, but we celebrate the death of a woman getting food-stamps. lol Yea, let's teach Her a lesson :rolleyes

Shut the fuck up.

[SA210]

Shut the fuck up.

You, you dickless bitch.

[LnGrrrR]

To sum this story up: "Dumb bitch gets lucky, then proves herself dumb."

[baseline bum]

Is det bitch had anything left to pass on to her six kids so they can scams the EBT too?

[Viva Las Espuelas]

:lol what an idiot