$2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps

Comment #131

greeneye — Wed, 25 May 2011 22:33:30 GMT

I do not like the fact that this man is getting food stamps either,but our gov gives all of our money away to bankers(RICH ELITES) ,other countries,non citizens etc..This man is right to say that if it is legal,it is legal..The gov pushes these programs on the American public in order for us to be dumb slaves that takes handouts from them,it makes us dependant on them so they have more control.It steals our freedom and our free thinking when we take things from them on an every day basis.. In th... [ More ]

Comment #130

sully16 — Mon, 23 May 2011 16:19:39 GMT

Thats very nice, but I don't want to be the food stamp police, I will exercise my voting rights and vote for common sense, I don't want people telling me what I can or cannot eat, wear, drive, set my thermostat, watch on tv, etc.

I know this is off topic, but in my son's school, any kid who doesn't recycle their foam lunch tray , gets detention,.....inducing fear to get people to bend to your will is another problem we face.

I recycle because I believe its the right thing to do, not becaus... [ More ]

Comment #129

sully16 — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:46:31 GMT

My friend Jack, 32 oz's of courage and pride..Brownsville station.

Comment #128

rdgrnr — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:39:05 GMT

You won't have to tell me twice about that, Dallas.

Tennessee may have one of the worst lotteries in the country but we dang sure got the best whiskey

Comment #127

rdgrnr — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:34:09 GMT

I don't think anyone here would deny you aid with your situation. That's what it's designed for - to help people who really need it.

It's the ones that scam the system because they can or because everybody else is doing it anyway or the rich do it or the government bailed out (fill in the blank) that some of us object to.

It's easy to come up with an excuse to be corrupt.

To our shame, what's becoming increasingly uncommon is doing the right thing .

Comment #126

soothsayer — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:12:46 GMT

WOW !!! How sad we as a nation have become. This is America ? Freedom comes at a price and that includes the sacrifice we must all make to better our nation.

I too see the raping and pillaging of the system everyday, yet I will continue to support the sacrifices needed to help those truly in need. Everyone of us, regardless of our circumstances, must make some sacrifice to better our country and ourselves. To some a conscience is an annoyance.

Ask not what your country can do for you, bu... [ More ]

Comment #125

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Mon, 23 May 2011 07:36:30 GMT

sully

I agree and have no problem with anyone that truly needs help, I wish I had more to give. The ones I am

talking about don't need the help and are making it harder on the ones who do. I think of it this way, what

if you were with a band of others in the old days going accross the desert by wagon. There is enough water

to make the trip if everyone agrees to not waste any. You wake up in the middle of the night and see someone

taking a bath, soaking in a tub filled to the brim... [ More ]

Comment #124

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Mon, 23 May 2011 07:17:56 GMT

Not talking about the poor who need the help, takling about the people who abuse the system and live

high on the hog so to speak. These people are stealing from me the way I see it. I am paying for them

to do nothing. I would give the shirt off my back to help someone who really needed it but if I found out

they were getting shirts from everyone and then selling them that's another story. I know people who

worked hard everyday of there lives and had to do without at times just to get... [ More ]

Comment #123

Puffalishous — Mon, 23 May 2011 03:04:16 GMT

I just want to put my two cents in..... I know everyone that receives food stamps is not trying to cheat the system but I know quite a few people that receive food stamps and have several kids so they can literally sell a good portion for cash and still have enough left over to buy food. They need to completely overhaul the welfare program. You have people receiving section 8 but should not qualify. This one person I know bought a brand new car last year, receives Section 8, foodstamps, medicaid... [ More ]

Comment #122

nyx86 — Mon, 23 May 2011 02:44:20 GMT

It's not really right though. Not everyone getting food stamps are just being greedy. I myself have food stamps. I don't even qualify for much help at all (40.00 a month), and what I do get, I am humiliated to use, but greatful that I get any help at all. I don't want to be on food stamps, if I could make it on my own without them I would.

Not all of us are unemployed or not trying to better ourselves as you say. As a matter of fact, the majority of people I know on them ARE employed, and/or... [ More ]

Comment #121

sully16 — Mon, 23 May 2011 02:40:14 GMT

No, thats extreme, they are not evil, in fact some are very nice people, just mis-guided and greedy, self serving, and they are not entirely to blame, the system has helped to put the notions in their heads.

I have a problem with the fraud, I don't have a problem with someone who has been hit hard and needs a little help, I am following 3 cases where the Department of human resources has fired 3 employees for mis-use of stamps, by putting friends and family on the plan.

Polititions are mos... [ More ]

Comment #120

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 23 May 2011 01:54:36 GMT

Ridge, Sully I know a Party is not a Party with out The Ridgster....LOL.... just make sure you brink some of Tennesse finest

Comment #119

DTroy999 — Sun, 22 May 2011 20:59:28 GMT

@Sully16

....Don't you EVER leave that JOB, we the public appreciate and need someone like you, You are an important instrument in getting the truth out about this DEPLORABLE ENTITLEMENT system. Your observant detection is what history's greatest detectives private eye's were made of, you given us a real birds-eye view of what a hard working cashier is dealing with on a regular basis and just how much it takes to LOOK THE OTHER WAY........

Comment #118

DTroy999 — Sun, 22 May 2011 20:42:33 GMT

Not to get off the subject,

....... But I remember when the chinese restaurants would take the old paper foodstamps for payment, then go to the supermarket and buy numerous 2-liter soda with like 100-200 used, crumbled, and dirty $1 foodstamps (since they weren't required to be attached in a book), then when you go back into the restaurant, they were offering FREE 2 Liter PEPSI With $10 Purchase.....Lol

Comment #117

louise black — Sun, 22 May 2011 14:45:21 GMT

Now! I hope this kind of none sense will end you people range of talk about the poor and bottom of the ladder people flight with food stamps use, you see you get into this fringe group ,who think people should put to death for food. Even Christ fed the hungry. I hope this end the conversation on the food stamps 2mill winner.

Comment #116

play4shekels — Sun, 22 May 2011 13:23:57 GMT

If I was this guy, I woudln't be talking to the press, because he apparently is keeping all the money stashed in his home. I mean, come on- the lowest of morons would earn enough interest income to lose their eligibilty for food stamps.

Comment #115

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Sun, 22 May 2011 08:59:40 GMT

If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their own work quietly and to earn their own living.

Comment #114

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Sun, 22 May 2011 08:35:35 GMT

Sully

These people should be placed against a wall and shot dead.

RL

Comment #113

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Sun, 22 May 2011 07:51:46 GMT

Maybe he will choke on a food stamp donut while not having a will and the state will get the money.

I think it's called poetic justice. People like this make me sick....

RL

Comment #112

sully16 — Sun, 22 May 2011 01:58:16 GMT

We got a partyMargaritas are my favorites Dallas.

Comment #111

rdgrnr — Sun, 22 May 2011 01:41:50 GMT

I'll take a few of them Margaritas too if you don't mind.

Comment #110

dallascowboyfan — Sun, 22 May 2011 00:32:40 GMT

I'm with you Sully let's make it Margaritas too

Comment #109

JosephusMinimus — Sat, 21 May 2011 23:22:08 GMT

Eggs, maybe. I've got 5 Americauna and 3 Austrorp hens lay enough eggs every day to force me to give half of them away. And a 20x20 garden turned out enough produce so's I could have gone all winter without buying veggies if my electricity hadn't gone out during a storm and ruined it all.

I don't know anything about food stamps, but I know anyone living on 10 acres of land ought not be going hungry unless he/she is physically incapacitated.

A 25 pound sack of pinto beans will last a perso... [ More ]

Comment #108

naijaman — Sat, 21 May 2011 22:20:44 GMT

This dude should have just done the right thing and returned the food stamp card once he became a millionaire. Blaming the state or federal government is misguided...he knows the food stamps helped him survive when things were tough, so now he should just turn the card in so that the food stamps can be used to help someone else who needs the assistance.

Comment #107

louise black — Sat, 21 May 2011 15:57:42 GMT

Rdgrnnr, I agree with part of what you say ,when one door close another open very true it's happen to me.I just hate hearing about anyone losing a job, since their so hard to come by in this economy.

Comment #106

PrisonerSix — Sat, 21 May 2011 13:59:59 GMT

I used to work interviewing applicants for Food Stamps 20 years ago and that is how it was then. They also included other assets like vehicles, investments, etc. I once had to turn down a single mother who had worked as a registered nurse, but had developed a condition in which she could no longer stand for long periods of time like the job required, so she was forced out of it. She didn't get any support from her ex husband and was behind on many of her bills. The reason I had to turn her down... [ More ]

Comment #105

sully16 — Sat, 21 May 2011 11:41:31 GMT

Why didn't he just sell a couple acres.

Comment #104

Delta Draw — Sat, 21 May 2011 04:36:18 GMT

Not if he was related to a Republican that saw socialism in the act.

DD

Comment #103

rdgrnr — Sat, 21 May 2011 04:16:27 GMT

Why wouldn't his family give him any food

Comment #102

TigerAngel — Sat, 21 May 2011 04:06:41 GMT

What? Years ago one of my elderly relatives applied for food stamps. His income was low enough alright but they said because he lived on almost 10 acres he could grow his own food and therefor couldn't get any food stamps.

I wonder what he was suppose to eat while waiting for that first crop to grow

Comment #101

MADDOG10 — Sat, 21 May 2011 03:51:40 GMT

Grow up?

Christ your still wet behind the ears son..!

My statement embarrased me enough, now if that ain't the pot calling the kettle black..!

I've been out of Vietnam longer than you've been born, cricket.

You lala, don't know what REAL life is. Besides You still being wet behind the ears you might want to check that spot on the front of your pants also.

As far as voting, thats also happened longer than you were even thought of by your parents.

I don't know who we is supposed... [ More ]

Comment #100

rdgrnr — Sat, 21 May 2011 02:43:19 GMT

Ah jeeeze, another Marxist/socialist/anarchist.

Shouldn't you be breaking windows in downtown Seattle or something?

Your class warfare hysteria is old, tedious and boring. Put a lid on it.

Or try HuffandPuffington Post.

They love old and boring.

Try this hip zinger over there: Bush Lied - People Died.

Or: Where's the WMD's?

They're gonna love you.

Comment #99

rdgrnr — Sat, 21 May 2011 02:24:04 GMT

Louise, back in the old steam engine days of the railroad they had to shovel coal into the boiler of the locomotive to make steam to make the engines go. The guy who did that job was called a fireman.

After they went from steam engines to diesel and electric they still had a fireman in the engine. Do you know why? Because the unions wouldn't let them get rid of that job position. Do you know what he did for his pay? Nothing, he just sat there because there was no more coal to shovel. The rai... [ More ]

Comment #98

mayhem — Sat, 21 May 2011 02:22:48 GMT

Well, the government steals and the rich steal so it's OK for us to steal too.

Seems like some of us graduated from straw man college. First of all, this man isn't breaking the law, so he isn't stealing. Second of all, nobody here is condoning stealing as far as I've read. The main point is the irrelevance and the disproportionate amount of anger and vigilance this guy and others get in light of much larger and more harmful problems. What fraction of a percent of the 50 to 60 billion we... [ More ]

Comment #97

mayhem — Sat, 21 May 2011 02:07:23 GMT

Go to Washington and start a crusade?

No wonder the goverment (democrate and republican) get away with what they do. People like you think we need to go all the way to Washington and start a crusade to get anything done!

How old are you? Wait, don't tell us. Your statement has already embarrased you enough. In case you haven't realized it yet, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington is a movie. We're not actors in a soap opera on Fox news. The is not an episode of the West Wing. This is real l... [ More ]

Comment #96

louise black — Sat, 21 May 2011 01:54:14 GMT

Oh! rdgrnnr tell me it isn't so you don't mind those people losing their jobs, that mean they may have to be on the Bridge card.Meijer should be hiring since their making a profit.That's what the trigger down effect is suppose to do Right Rdgrnr .

Comment #95

JosephusMinimus — Sat, 21 May 2011 01:51:47 GMT

Hi amerikan: I don't know. Maybe some of it was done on purpose. But it was a huge, complex country the last half of the 20th Century and sticking fingers in dikes just wasn't able to change the directions of the tides. I count myself as having been part of the problem, along with everyone else living in this country at the time. But I don't know what I'd do different, and I don't know what any or all of us could have done differently to make things different now.

I voted for Barry Goldwater... [ More ]

Comment #94

rdgrnr — Sat, 21 May 2011 01:14:15 GMT

Yeah, profits, watch them profits.

Evil corporations, wanting to make profits.

Who do they think they are?

They should give those evil profits to us!

And who does that food store think they are getting rid of people?

Do they think they own the place?

We should be able to work there as long as we want to and get whatever salary and pension and benefits we demand even if they don't need us!

And they made too much profit last year

Comment #93

mightwin — Sat, 21 May 2011 00:31:46 GMT

Hey if ya think about it hes just gettin some of the (overpaid) taxes the federal government took from his winnings back, plus he cant be gettin that much a month. Let's worry about the corporations that are getting big tax breaks and making record profits. And more Michigan news, I heard Meijers let go of all their in store repair people, I believe it was around 150 of them (1 or 2 per store) a month or so ago. They claim they needed to cut costs yet they posted their biggest profit ever last y... [ More ]

Comment #92

sully16 — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:29:22 GMT

The beer is for me.

Comment #91

sully16 — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:26:58 GMT

nobody is posting anyones fricken numbers off their cards, they don't even show up on receipts anymore. Time for a beer.

Comment #90

MADDOG10 — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:17:59 GMT

And what is your point proffessor...?

Uh, we didn' t spend a dime on bailouts, YOUR GOVERNMENT did and how much did You say about that on your way to this forum.

Geez maybe all of us should be exactly like you, and start dusting the Dung

out of our eye's and ears.

NO we may add to the problem, but it's sissy la la's like you that are the problem.

If you want to soapbox it, go to Washington D.C. and start your crusade.

See yah on the corner of Penn and Pauper..!

P.S. May... [ More ]

Comment #89

louise black — Fri, 20 May 2011 20:49:32 GMT

100% ,First of all correct me if I am wrong but, I think not isn't it against the law to take other people credit cards number or may I say their any card number and put it out there like that invasion of privacy.You are violating their civil rights.All of you who are not bias look into it I am sure ,I am right.

Comment #88

CashWinner$ — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:20:17 GMT

Wow...This guys gotta lotta nerve

Comment #87

butterflykt — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:02:30 GMT

This man is simply RIDICULOUS!!! I'm going to try and find hisFOX News interview that he gave.

Comment #86

CARBOB — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:45:42 GMT

Well put Sully!! RR, you have the right idea, no corruption period, from no one!! When I was around 10 years old, my mom had a big fight with her only sister, because her sister was on welfare. She and her husband had 6 kids and her husband was a drunk and couldn't keep a job. My father was a farmer, my mom worked in the textile plant from 11pm to 8am, 5 days a week. She figured if she could work , her sister should work.

Comment #85

rdgrnr — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:24:06 GMT

Sully, you are magnificent!

We cannot proceed on the basis of Well, the government steals and the rich steal so it's ok for us to steal too.

No, we have to stand against corruption from all quarters until we eliminate it.

We have to stop eating the crumbs from the table of corruption thrown our way to shut us up and divert our gaze from the big picture.

It's impossible to complain about foxes in the hen house when we have a mouth full of feathers.

Comment #84

sully16 — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:48:19 GMT

I agree, lottery winners should keep all the winnings, but that food stamp money, thats my money, 45 million Americans on food stamps, a few hundred dollars, no way, maybe mister Fick is only getting a couple hundred, I will be more than happy to send you the receipt showing $5000 IN FOOD, THE WOMAN WHO USED THIS CARD, DROVE OFF IN A MERCEDES,

It is not okay for the government to take my money away from me and give it to someone else, either through entitlements, bailouts, foreign aid, I am s... [ More ]

Comment #83

Delta Draw — Fri, 20 May 2011 07:41:50 GMT

Ha Ha! Look what was posted just as I was going to

post?

Good point about the gas prices Ridge, but what about Bush s

midterm record hikes on oil and gas prices? The Arabs saud we can have all the

oil we could buy and there was no shortage. Then all across the nation what was

once disposable income and savings for things like autos went south. In the

summer of 2008 the news was a flash but it was there: Auto sales were down. The

writing was on the wall bud and the

Comment #82

mayhem — Fri, 20 May 2011 07:15:04 GMT

Get over it.

There is FAR more waste going on than simpletons with foods stamps running petty schemes. No wonder the world is amok, look at the silly crap we get angry at while *real* greed trashes the world...

The math skills on display here are equally as atrocious....especially for a lottery forum....oh wait, it isn't math is it? Its emotional pettiness. We spent 50 billion on food stamps last year......

How many trillions have we spent on goverment bailouts? Some peop... [ More ]

Comment #81

DC81 — Fri, 20 May 2011 05:47:53 GMT

I lived in Auburn for a short time, interesting little place... Haven't been through it really in awhile though. But there are a lot of people there that are a bit funny in the head so to speak. That area (well, more Midland) is just lucky Dow Chemical was founded there and hasn't moved out, if they did there would be a lot more people on financial assistance. Either way, I don't care, he paid his taxes on his winnings, he's pretty much just a little of it back.

I feel like taking a trip a... [ More ]

Comment #80

time*treat — Fri, 20 May 2011 03:29:11 GMT

Shows you the basic morality of the public -- the gov't takes three-quarters-plus of a million out of your front pocket and lets you use a card for a few hundred bucks a month for food .... and people complain about you having the food card.

Between the top federal and (Michigan) state rates, he'd have paid (or will owe) about $800,000 in taxes on $2 million.

Any county and city taxes are extra. If his food card gave him the [highly unlikely] sum of $1,000 a month it would take 66 YEARS fo... [ More ]

Comment #79

ameriken — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:08:26 GMT

And it's all collapsing as we speak.

Comment #78

rdgrnr — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:05:33 GMT

That's right.

Get as many people as you can working for the government and give them better pay and benefits than the private sector and then put everybody else you can on welfare and food stamps.

That's a captive voting block.

Only problem is that the whole house of cards eventually collapses under it's own weight.

It's unsustainable.

Comment #77

ameriken — Fri, 20 May 2011 01:51:07 GMT

Some people I talked to believe welfare and the dumbing down of America has been done on purpose.

Oh, you got that right Sully. Keeping people on the gov't spicket keeps them voting a particular way. We've got so many people and entities in the country who are getting some kind of benefit or payment from the government, be it welfare, food stamps, SS, medicare/caid, tax breaks, subsidies, etc etc etc that no matter what they try to cut, someone is going to get pissed because they might lose... [ More ]

Comment #76

Piaceri — Fri, 20 May 2011 01:05:32 GMT

Some people I talked to believe welfare and the dumbing down of America has been done on purpose.

The enemy within .

You know the job market is bad when a 21 yr old young man resorts to babysitting for college money. Luckily a friend came through with a bank teller job for the summer that may continue through when he goes back to school in the fall. He's living in his Dad's basement for the summer to save rent $. There is a way to work things out. God helps those who help themse... [ More ]

Comment #75

sully16 — Fri, 20 May 2011 01:00:35 GMT

I have been in contact, with several people today, one a state rep, not all forms of the bridge card are the same, not every one qualifies for the same thing, there are thousands of college kids still getting food assistance, the Rep in this very article is working on legislation to stop it.

I myself worked my way through college and I know how tough it is, Good luck to your son and I'll keep you posted, what I have learned in the course of 2 days of talking to people, it much worse than some... [ More ]

Comment #74

Piaceri — Thu, 19 May 2011 23:46:16 GMT

Wrong. They took the food stamp (bridge card) option away from the college kids. I know this from experience. My son and his roommate used their heat money for groceries this past winter. They kept their apartment at 40 from mid Jan on. It was eat and bundle up (lots of hours at the library), or stay warm and starve. Neither could find steady work, and both were living off student loans and what was left of rapidly depleting college savings.

As to the other (Section 8), yeah, I can believe th... [ More ]

Comment #73

ameriken — Thu, 19 May 2011 22:54:42 GMT

Sure, they took half his money. Why? Because we're feeding people who won't or don't work, supporting people who won't or don't work, paying for this paying for that, subsidizing corporations, giving foreign aid to other countries, etc etc etc and so on. He's part of that cycle.

Perhaps if our government wasn't in the hand-out business, they wouldn't have to take half his money in the first place (and ours). It's people and companies like that who have that 'they took it from me so I'll take... [ More ]

Comment #72

temptustoo — Thu, 19 May 2011 22:25:04 GMT

Good for him..They took half his money , maybe he can get alittle of it back thru the food stamp program.. People want to condemn the little man and the government can use your money for all kinds of things that make no sense... Get over it people.

Comment #71

petergrfn — Thu, 19 May 2011 22:03:19 GMT

Sorry louise not buying your argument! The people you mention do get tax breaks from the Gov't. However UNLIKE the lotto millioniare using food stamps, Ross Perot, Donald Trump, and Blackwater CREATE JOBS! Unlike the lotto mooch who create's nothing. Also did you know that Entitlements take up more money than the defense budget? The 10% of Earners in this country pay for 60% of taxes! The bottom 20-30% pay NOTHING or get refunds from the gov't because of special tax credits. When these entitleme... [ More ]

Comment #70

Boney526 — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:37:14 GMT

You'll here me complaining about both.

It's not the government's job to give anyone - or any group - money. The only way the government should intervene in the economy is trust busting.

Comment #69

HaveABall — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:53:04 GMT

Once one wins millions of dollars net via a lottery prize, I would hope that they would contact their county, state, or federal office to stop receiving DIASABILITY AID payments ... even if they are elegable to continue receiving.

In regards to SOCIAL SECURITY payments. I think the net multi-million dollar lottery winning person should be allowed to cease them. Since winner, by now, has realized that the U.S.A. country's current youngest workers that are paying towards this will not be receiv... [ More ]

Comment #68

dpoly1 — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:34:53 GMT

So ........... when I win the Powerball ...............should I give up my Social Security Disability benefits

Comment #67

HaveABall — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:34:32 GMT

Good points, dr65, thank you. Therefore, I have decided to reverse my thoughts to agree. After all, even if someone is only allotted $5000 a year for a bridge card or whatever aid ... $5000 multiplied by hundreds of people in a state who didn't actually NEED those monies adds up to millions of debt in a state annually; let alone huge debt/bankruptcy over a decade.

It makes sense, once someone receives $2+ million dollars GROSS in lottery winnings, that a bridge card and/or any other county,... [ More ]

Comment #66

dr65 — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:01:55 GMT

He should turn his card in and remove himself from the program. If and when he falls on hard times again,

he can reapply..that would be the right thing to do. This story and this man's actions do relate to what is

wrong with government. It was said they can't do a thing about it...well, maybe they don't want to do any

thing about it. Why should they? Where do you think the me mentality came from? Why do you think some

people just hold their hands out and take whatever they are given... [ More ]

Comment #65

HaveABall — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:59:38 GMT

LOL rdgrnr

Comment #64

HaveABall — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:39:42 GMT

Apparently, Leroy Fick netted approximately $1.2 million dollars after taxes subtracted. Leroy probably deduced that if he lived until 100 years old (which we each could do), that smaller amount received from the lottery would allow him to spend $28,857 annually (unfortunately, the amount was too small for one to simply live off of the safely invested fund's interest earned from the principal amount). That isn't a lot of money to a 58 year old head of household person, let alone a solo person to... [ More ]

Comment #63

rdgrnr — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:48:10 GMT

Hey little mario,

Put your little arrow over my name and mash down on it.

Then when the drop down screen comes down put your little arrow over Add rdgrnr to my block list and mash down on that.

All your need and necessity for whining and obsessing over me will then be allayed.

Then get out in the yard and clean the beaver crap off the trampoline, little mister man.

Comment #62

Mario38 — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:37:38 GMT

I now see how you have accumulated nearly 5,000 posts in 2 years. Very insightful.

Comment #61

JAP69 — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:36:55 GMT

The newly elected governor in Mich got protested, chewed up and spit out for working on bringing financial reform to the state. It's up to the people of the state to support financial responsibility.

Things are not going to change until the people support change.

Comment #60

Pick3forSC — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:31:12 GMT

Comment #59

rdgrnr — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:33:03 GMT

Probably get more attention there than from the people who are supposed to be looking out for the peoples' interest.

Comment #58

sully16 — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:16:07 GMT

Maybe I should send the receipt to Fox and friends.

Comment #57

rdgrnr — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:57:43 GMT

Leroy Fick will be on Fox Friends on Fox News Channel tomorrow morning to defend his actions.

That oughta be good. You'd think he'd be too ashamed.

Nope.

Comment #56

sully16 — Thu, 19 May 2011 11:59:32 GMT

The newest trend here, college kids getting food stamps, an even bigger trend is how to get your kids put on Section 8 when they turn 18. You quite simply change your address, claim your paying rent and enroll in at least one class and ta da, the tax-payers foot the bill.

Comment #55

danyo1332 — Thu, 19 May 2011 11:50:28 GMT

Comment #54

danyo1332 — Thu, 19 May 2011 11:47:01 GMT

WOW! I usually skip over messages if they look long, but I couldn't help but keep reading this! This is SNIP (I'll edit it myself lol) RIDICULOUS!!! To add to your story, my friend plays Division 1 college football in Michigan (I won't say which team) and he has teamates who only use their food stamps for protein shakes, protein bars, and other supplements like that. This is insane...

Comment #53

rdgrnr — Thu, 19 May 2011 04:33:55 GMT

Good point Piaceri,

GE is a supporter of our President and major contributor to his campaign fund.

They pay zero taxes. ZIP, ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, NOTHING, NOT A PENNY IN TAXES.

Not a word is said about this by the libs.

They also don't talk about gas prices anymore since they have more than doubled since Bush left office.

GAS PRICES. MORE THAN DOUBLED.

Not a word.

Comment #52

Piaceri — Thu, 19 May 2011 04:19:47 GMT

Morally, the man should not be accepting the assistance. Legally, he can. So fix it Michigan, like you fixed the college kids from collecting their measly $250 per month in food stamps. I have a kid in college in Michigan. There are very few jobs to be found and you have to know someone to get those. Luckily in the past he's been able to find some summer work, including babysitting his girlfriend's little brother. That little bit he earned over the summer does not last through the winter when th... [ More ]

Comment #51

rdgrnr — Thu, 19 May 2011 04:07:08 GMT

I've never played Bridge before and I don't understand why they'd take your Bridge Cards.

Do they take Pinochle Cards away from people too? I don't play that either.

I do play Poker once in a while though.

Comment #50

TheGameGrl — Thu, 19 May 2011 04:01:18 GMT

Stick within the realm of the article. Some folks seem to consider this a platform to air other government matters. THe issue is the Food stamps being collected by a wealthy man who found a loophole that will soon be reviewed. End of story.

I do not agree with this mans antics , nor the government so called qualifications. IN PA they DO HAVE harder qualifications, so I doubt this is coming from the federal LEVEL so much as the state levels. Each state regulates and manages its own welfare sys... [ More ]

Comment #49

ameriken — Thu, 19 May 2011 02:21:10 GMT

I don't hear anyone complaining about the $18 billion in oil subsidies the taxpayers give to the 5 US big oil companies. They made $1 trillion over the last ten years and the American taxpayer is giving them money.

No one is complaining about the oil subsidies because this is a lottery story in a lottery forum about a lottery winner and oil subsidies doesn't doesn't seem to fit in with the subject of lotteries.

And little guys like this can hurt us when there are millions of little guys th... [ More ]

Comment #48

louise black — Thu, 19 May 2011 01:59:06 GMT

You Sir need to get a life and maybe a heart

Comment #47

louise black — Thu, 19 May 2011 01:46:08 GMT

You sooo right tg636,I was going say the same thing but hadn't gotten through the thread. Iwill go back to Ross Perot that how him and his family living high on the hog with taxpayer money , where is the outrage where is it! Even Donald Trump and all his govt's help.Ask about Michigan what about Blackwater with Prince and all the taxpayers money paid over the top payment to him with no bid defense contract. We concern with food stamps please

Comment #46

tg636 — Thu, 19 May 2011 01:33:33 GMT

He's only doing what most big businesses do, in fact what they pay lawyers and accountants big money for - to use every loophole and letter of the law and any way to game the system to save or make a buck. Good for him.

Comment #45

louise black — Thu, 19 May 2011 01:33:07 GMT

I agree I am surprise someone would go through all that to try to burst some one for a bridge card live and let live please! I must say the 2mill winner is a surprise too.

Comment #44

Colt45ML — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:57:25 GMT

I have several tranches of oil related stocks in my portfolio. By your way of feeling, if the oil subsidies are taken away then I should recieve an equal amount of EBT money for the corresponding loss in returns on my investments. BTW, define big investor for me. A question: Did you vote for Paris Glendenning for governor

Comment #43

dpoly1 — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:09:34 GMT

Oil Companies employ people ........... this guy just takes !

Would anyone be upset with me if I win Powerball tonite still stay on Social Security Disability??? I'll still be disabled .........

Let me know ...........

Comment #42

Thack — Wed, 18 May 2011 22:57:36 GMT

The guy probably gets no more than $200 per month in food assistance. I don't hear anyone complaining about the $18 billion in oil subsidies the taxpayers give to the 5 US big oil companies. They made $1 trillion over the last ten years and the American taxpayer is giving them money. That money is not going for R D of new oil but is instead going straight into the pockets of big investors.

The guy is wrong to keep getting assistance, but he isn't breaking any laws, which is what Wall St alway... [ More ]

Comment #41

numbergirly — Wed, 18 May 2011 22:50:29 GMT

W O W !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a bummer

Comment #40

maringoman — Wed, 18 May 2011 22:45:13 GMT

It must be the shoes..but since you cant see them then it must be that I dont fall for everyone who claims to be helping me hahaha

Comment #39

rdgrnr — Wed, 18 May 2011 22:29:13 GMT

I always knew there was something about you that I liked

Comment #38

maringoman — Wed, 18 May 2011 22:26:00 GMT

How do you do your job with a nice smile as you're s'pposed to when you have to deal with stuff like these?

I feel your pain and frustration at seeing all that when you probably know people who genuinely deserve help but cant get any due to technicalities.

Now I hate politics but when I hear things like these I want to spit at any liberal democrat omg

Comment #37

Lottery Queen — Wed, 18 May 2011 22:14:50 GMT

This is a hot mess, and they want to take my bridge card because

I got a tax refund? it was not 2 million dollars....heck it wasn't even 500.00 shame

Comment #36

Rick G — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:59:47 GMT

Greed is a cancer on the species. We begin healing the species by making sure our cell is cancer-free.

Comment #35

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:34:03 GMT

Ridge... Welfare, food stamps and other social service assistance programs were designed to be an emergency safety net, not a lifetime hammock.

Comment #34

loonasee2 — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:21:49 GMT

Shame on you Leroy shame on you.

Bad karma

Comment #33

TheOtherOne — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:02:03 GMT

Hang in there Sully!Dont give up!

It sounds like, from the end of the video article, that there will be a follow up (if there hasnt been already). I'd love to hear that response (from the State that is).

I see what people mean that Fick isnt breaking the law. But he knows ethically it is not right.

And from what sully describes...well I am not surprised. And I am sure it happens in every single state.

It truly pisses me off especially when I sit and think that I have graduated f... [ More ]

Comment #32

sully16 — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:48:26 GMT

It is in the works, The fraud has got to stop, I do see people who are truly needy, they have that ' WHAT HAPPENED TO MY LIFE LOOK, those are the people I feel for, you can spot them a mile away, but, the takers have taken to much.