She won the lottery and is still using food stamps!!

HeresTheScoop ..I agree with you. Too many take advantage of the system. I have no problem helping those who need help, but shame on those who abuse the system It will be their karma to pay...

I heard about that today and was suitably outraged. My first thought was how financially ignorant she is and what a shame that was. She'll be poor again in just a couple of years at this rate. It's too bad that winners aren't required to take a course that teaches them how to manage money before they are handed their winnings. If she would properly invest that half a million she could be comfortable for the rest of her life provided she found a good fiduciary investment manager and found a part time job. Instead she bought another house and a car and will probably piss away the rest and not have a thing to show for it in 3 years. I can't understand how she thinks. If I was ever desperate enough to accept public assistance I'd get off it as soon as possible. In my family, it's a shameful thing. We've had members on assistance but never for long and they were absolutely mortified. But these days, when generations are on the dole, it is accepted and there is no stigma to it, it's just another lifestyle. I think that Miss Clayton is a victim of the long-encroaching brainwashing of America where the belief that government money is free is spreading. They are not told and don't believe that workers give the government every penny it has and they are taught not to care because anyone who has more than they do are evil, anyway. (Sure, there are exceptions. Many people don't want to be on welfare of any sort and they would get off it if they could. But I don't see too many of those. For those here that are involuntarily in this situation and take exception to my comments, they were not directed toward you.)

Oh heavens aboe if she invested $500,000 she would have a great income for the rest of her life, heavens what is she thinking, gee if I won that much money I would give some of that away and still be able to something constrctive with the rest...what a waste.

wow. i know the same is probably true here in Canada. here in the province i live in, pretty much as long as you dont own a house, you can go on it. most of these people make way more than my hubby and i do and we have 4 jobs between us!

She must not have reported the winnings. I won a court case and my husband and I get food stamps due to being disabled. The winnings would not be released to me until they got their share of it through Jobs and Family Services which happened to be 6666.00. Hubby and I joked that we knew the government is evil and that just proved it by them taking that specific amount out. It is very wrong that she still gets them and she needs to be cut off. It is people like that that give others that truly need the help a bad reputation because then people lump everyone on welfare into a category of cheaters or bums and it is simply not true of everyone on food stamps or getting medical help.

So here's an update for you guys that I'm happy to report that the state has since removed the "Government Assited Milliionaire" from the food card program, seems that all the publicity about this situation has resulted in a swift course of action being taken. There is a GOD

Well I am wondering how she is still able to get foodstamps as well. You have to report your lottery winnings and when you win all the money that was used on you from welfare gets taken out of your earnings as well. If she is left with half a million dollars why is welfare allowing her to get food stamps.

Wow...they would throw me out on my head if I tried to apply here and I don't have near that much money. If they are allowing that, it does seem rather odd and perhaps a reevaluation is in order.