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More of our GOV benefits Amanda Clayton millionaire on food assistance

March 07, 2012 – Comments (2)

http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/gov-benefits-work/716239

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.”

Wow for whats probably the first time in her life, she actually had to pay or should i say taxes were withheld from her winnings ?

Interesting how someone who needs/needed  assistance ? can afford to pay for lottery tickets.