Lottery winner who kept cashing welfare checks charged with fraud

Comment #58

psykomo — Wed, 02 May 2012 02:29:28 GMT

Congrat's 2 D BEST MOM

in D world D UNIVERSE

Comment #57

JonnyBgood07 — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:44:30 GMT

reminds me of a phrase from goodfellas.... the workin mans' a sucker...

I'm baffled that people can make a lifestyle of it.But then again when you tie in food stamps and section8 and heating assistance ,why would someone do anything.

Hell..let someone else pay the cable and cellphone bills too.

Comment #56

mcginnin56 — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:11:52 GMT

My Mom was a head nurse at a VA hospital for 20 years. The vets worshipped her. She loved the vets.

Comment #55

psykomo — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:06:13 GMT

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Comment #54

rdgrnr — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:40:16 GMT

Exactly.

Comment #53

Cletu$2 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:18:06 GMT

I disagree.Prison is the only solution for this woman.She should have thought about her baby BEFORE she committed the crime.There are foster homes that will take better care of her baby than she could,while she is in prison.I wouldn't let her mother raise the kid,either.She raised one thief already.

I labeled the person a liberal because that person is always spurting liberal B.S.If it walks like a liberal and talks like a liberal,it must be a liberal.

Comment #52

libra926 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:54:57 GMT

CLETU$2

NOW NOW....I totally agree and also concurr with your feelings on this issue because U are correct.

However, Don't label....I am in some issues a liberal and sometimes very conservative or middle of the road

but an attitude, which is what this indivual was expressing doesnt' necessarily define one as any of the above.

U can have an attitude or opinion on something without being any of the above.

I also feel the woman needs to be punished thru the Courts in some contstruct... [ More ]

Comment #51

libra926 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:31:45 GMT

CLETU$2

U R sooooo badddd....lolololool....stopppppp....old post and lovin every minute of it....lololol...;...)

Be nice to our Prez...

Comment #50

sully16 — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:40:07 GMT

And how about this to go with YOUR CORNFLAKES, Where's the father of this baby?

Why isn't he helping to take care of them ? Oh ! and how about mandys mom?

Why isn't she taking care of her daughter and granddaughter if she's so concerned,

I know, not her responsibility, the government can just keep taking more and more from people who work and are stuggling to get by because it's the tax payers job to take care of this idiot, who puts herself first.

Comment #49

sully16 — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:06:22 GMT

She shouldn't have been buying lottery tickets to begin with, she's on welfare and has a kid to feed, No, she wants us to buy the things she need so she can have the things she wants.

And if we go with your logic, well, my husband and I have been paying taxes for 35 years, that 200 thousand is nothing compared to what we have paid, in state, federal, and property tax.

So by your logic, the government should be paying us to eat, since we did our duty and paid taxes, and by your logic, no on... [ More ]

Comment #48

CDanaT — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:51:24 GMT

Interesting point of view Mayhem.... Lets take a look at it shall we ? shes pays 200K in MANDATORY taxes which is a true statement....as does anyone else in that position........Buy your above statement, who is she stealing from ? Herself? , you might want to consider that Mandatory taxes do not grant mandatory access to all services. If she pays into a system that is operated by the State it doesn't grant her the right to access that system....Example: state retirement system, Taxpayers in Mich... [ More ]

Comment #47

Cletu$2 — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:38:54 GMT

Another libtard that just doesn't get it.No wonder this country is going down the sh*tter

Comment #46

mayhem — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:38:21 GMT

How about a bit of logic to go with your cornflake opinions...

She paid 200,000 dollars in taxes!!!!

Who then is she stealing from? Herself

Comment #45

Cletu$2 — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:19:01 GMT

Where do you liberals get the twisted idea that because someone else stole that its alright for this woman to steal,too?Stealing is wrong,no matter who does it.Why can't you people understand that?Nobody here is defending the Wall Street crooks or the crooked politicians of either party,we are simply saying that the woman in this story belongs in prison because she STOLE.What's so darn hard to understand about that?Why do you feel it is nesacary (sp?) to try to defend this thief?Granted,their ar... [ More ]

Comment #44

LottoLin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:40:23 GMT

You my friend hit the nail on the head. The working class, that know they are working class and not trying to keep up with the liberals, or are trying to be a Republican but don't have the money to be one, are getting getting screwed thrown in jail for minor infractions. But as you said the liberals and our upstanding Republicans that run those big business or have their fingers in them some how, can get away with murder, fraud and everything else and walk away with a smirk on their face like to... [ More ]

Comment #43

mediabrat — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:14:07 GMT

*begin sarcasm*

Because banks and big businesses are run by fine, upstanding Republicans, but poor people are evil, immoral liberals, so screw 'em.

*end sarcasm

Comment #42

pickone4me — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:49:57 GMT

What about all those bank bailouts? I think that's much worse. What about all those big businesses that are subsidised and some still even had to fold up the tent. We have so much rampant corruption in our government

why is this such a big deal

Comment #41

savagegoose — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:41:05 GMT

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/your-ebt-card-has-been-denied-700000-are-about-lose-their-extended-jobless-claims-benefits

Comment #40

Cletu$2 — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:41:05 GMT

She'll probably ask for,and get,a public defender on the taxpayers dime.

Comment #39

TNPATL — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:35:18 GMT

I'm going to say this. I hope she still has some of that money she won to pay her legal costs. Once she won, she should have made a stronger effort to make it known she was not in need of assistance. Just because it was sent to her did not mean she should have kept using it. She could have gone to the office in person made her case and the situation would have been handeled. Instead she tried to get slick and it caught up with her. Now she has to deal with the repercussions.

Comment #38

mightwin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:49:18 GMT

The title says kept cashing welfare checks........its all electronic now lol, just sayin.

Comment #37

Cletu$2 — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:07:57 GMT

But I also believe that the Zimmerman case is an entirely different case that has absolutely nothing to do with this case.

Comment #36

Stack47 — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:05:51 GMT

I think she should get jail time and get the maximum of the 4 years.

Indeed, but with the high number of people in Michigan on welfare, at least one will be on the jury and vote not guilty .

Comment #35

Stack47 — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:01:24 GMT

others get food, cash, rent, heat, electricty, cell phone, baby carriers, bike helmets, and medicaid.

There is no reason for these people to get a job. And it's greed that explains why Amanda Clayton continued to collect after she won the lottery. Other than her lawyer who is doing his job, there is no logical reason for anyone to defend her actions.

One of the problems with discussions like this is there are probably some LP members in the system and are offended when the people who have... [ More ]

Comment #34

jstmoral — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:56:19 GMT

She should get more than 1 lousy night in jail! She stole from the State and yes, she should be charged with a felony. Her mother says she tried calling to report it but couldnt get in touch with anyone Right and we are supposed to believe that lie??????? She sure didnt have trouble getting hold of anyone when she applied did she? She never stated once that she tried calling to report it. I think she should get jail time and get the maximum of the 4 years.

Comment #33

time*treat — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:06:01 GMT

I HOPE YOU FALL ON THE FLOOR AND THE DOG EATS YOU.

Why you wanna poison a perfectly good dog

Comment #32

CARBOB — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:16:37 GMT

Personally, I don't give a snip , what color the skin is, if someone is abusing the system, put the slime bags in jail!!!

For everyone concerned about the Zimmerman case, remember this, every legal analyst that have made comments on this case, say the charges are wrong. His mother, on national tv stated, I beleive it was an accident.

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Comment #31

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:32:33 GMT

sully16

perty much says it all.

RL

Comment #30

sully16 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:19:08 GMT

You are right, I am bad, based my calcs on 3 billion,

I talked to a friend on mine, in state government, he says 250 million is real rough, the actual numbers are almost ...hold on to your hat, ... 704 million a month in state welfare entitlements,

Our girl mandy gets 684 a month, some people get 240 per person others get 2500 per person, per month.

The amount of people on welfare entitlements 2.8 miliion, some get food, some get food and cash, others get food, cash, rent, heat, electri... [ More ]

Comment #29

LotteryLeroy — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:59:02 GMT

Yes... I know. 250,000,000.00 / 3,500,000 = $71.42857143... round to $71.43. NO ZERO'S WERE FORGOTTEN. Seems your math techniques may need some refinement.

Comment #28

sully16 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:42:59 GMT

Hey genius this is 250,000,000.00 now you redo the math

You forgot some zeros.

Comment #27

LotteryLeroy — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:35:01 GMT

More math!!! 250 million a month divided by 3 and half million on welfare = $71.43 per recipient. For it to cost 83 thousand per person a month would require 3,500,000 X 83,000 = 290,500,000,000.00 (290 Billion, 500 million dollars) per month. A slight budget adjustment.

Comment #26

LotteryLeroy — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:26:10 GMT

Ummm.... 250 million for a year divided by 11 million Michigan residents equates to $22.73 per person... Just a little shy of becoming a millionaire.

Comment #25

kyokushin187 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:18:20 GMT

what are you half of

Comment #24

sully16 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:18:58 GMT

250 million a month , 250 million a month, just in michigan

Todd please tell me thats a typo, we only have 11 million people here, with roughly 3 and half million on welfare, thats a cost of 83 thousand per person a month.

Is that the cost of this program?

Even at 250 million a year thats enough for every man, woman and child to become a millionaire.

To all you people in your 20's 30's 40's and 50's who are capable of working and just refuse to, you can kiss my half breed ass, I AM D... [ More ]

Comment #23

kyokushin187 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:50:27 GMT

what else would u expect from the tea party clan.if they aren't calling everyone libs,their arguing over what people receiving food stamps should buy.oh. and last but not least making comments about the current president.non of which have to do with the lottery.(which is what I thought this forum was created for)but like they say. you can lead a *** to water but you can't make him think

Comment #22

Stack47 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:50:18 GMT

Clayton won over $700,000 last September but continued to collect the welfare benefits.

Euline Clayton told reporters that her daughter used bad judgment but that a criminal case is crap. She said Amanda called the Human Services Department about her lottery winnings but could never reach anyone.

Even her mother knew she shouldn't spend the welfare money. Just the fact that Amanda called the department proves that she wasn't sure if the welfare money was hers to spend. With over $500,000... [ More ]

Comment #21

pick4master — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:58:48 GMT

If this woman was african american, i can imagine the vile comments. Since she is not...comments are relatively conservative, typical

Comment #20

savagegoose — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:19:39 GMT

indeed it does.HAYMAKER

i recall there was a story of a lotto winning family that blew the lot in 2 years. cars houses etc and stayed on welfare the whole time. by the tim the gov cough up with them they where broke again.

but as they had defrauded the gov when they did have money the house was taken in compensation. for the money the family got during the 2 years!

all in all they are poorer than when they started. and whenb they get out of jail will be on welfare again

Comment #19

Piaceri — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:31:01 GMT

I lived in MI for 22 years with my ex's family. The sense of entitlement is thick, and many make it a game to extract as much funds from the state as possible whether they truly need it or not. On the opposite end of the spectrum are those that would starve rather than ask for a handout.

Good for MI clamping down on the cheaters.

Comment #18

haymaker — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:02:01 GMT

sav,

you sound like a reasonable person,

but still I wonder if where you live this stuff goes to the degree it does here.

Comment #17

haymaker — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:54:38 GMT

he better work overtime cause he has'nt done anything on reg. time.

Comment #16

savagegoose — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:52:16 GMT

well the law did only pass last week it saYS IN THE article. and something about million dollar lotto winners should forfeit their right to.... its not a right if you go to jail for excercising it. it should be a lotto winners right to be treated exactly the same as any other millionaire. not singled out for special treatment. sure the law should gover people on high income or wealth not pulling a wlefare chcck. but to discrominate soley agaislt lotto winners seems unlawful to me.

Comment #15

Cletu$2 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:47:21 GMT

Not yet.Obama is working on it,though.

Comment #14

haymaker — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:39:10 GMT

T.T. as in, tough teacher, call on me, hand up,

dang....you called on the dummy,

yea, the answer is...get ready.....the phrase does not appear in the bill of rights

also is not found in any amendments.

Comment #13

Cletu$2 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:33:27 GMT

Brick wall

Comment #12

Grovel — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:30:01 GMT

You the one who can't not respond to the point. If someone does not fit into you small wall you just ignore it and problem solved.

Comment #11

Cletu$2 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:27:06 GMT

Thats the trouble with you liberals,if you can't make an intelligent comment on the story,you want to muddy the story with a bunch of nonsense that has NOTHING to do with the story.ZIMMERMAN is different story altogether!!

She DESERVES to be locked up.But not for life.She's a THIEF!What is it about that that you don't understand?

The Zimmerman story is in Florida.This story is in Michigan,there is no connection between the two storys...NONE.

Comment #10

Grovel — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:23:05 GMT

The point is you can commit murder and walk away free, but don't steal a little bit of money or else they will lock you up for life.

Comment #9

Cletu$2 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:20:18 GMT

Zimmerman has absolutly NOTHING to do with this story...NOTHING.

Comment #8

BuyLow — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:09:30 GMT

All these comments from one side or another are laughable. It REALLY shows the ignorance of the poster.......

Comment #7

Grovel — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:08:33 GMT

The point he is trying to make is someone who shot someone in cold blood got away with it for two months without any charges being filed.

Comment #6

Littleoldlady — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:03:48 GMT

Comment #5

Cletu$2 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:56:37 GMT

Improperly arrested her?Where are you from,planet liberal?She's a thief.

Comment #4

Autumn140 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:34:54 GMT

If Dept of Human Services had been dpi

G their job efficiently she would have never still been getting the benefit. They could not properly arrest Zimmerman but they improperly arrested this woman for something ridiculous as this

Comment #3

time*treat — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:30:42 GMT

their right to public assistance -- What 's wrong with this phrase, class

Comment #2

kapla — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:27:13 GMT

Heard a quote from a TV interview- I thought they would cut me off, since they didn't I thought it was ok .... nice try...

Comment #1

dallascowboyfan — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:53:13 GMT

It's simply common sense that million-dollar lottery winners forfeit their right to public assistance, said Attorney General Bill Schuette WTG Michigan....

Lottery winner who kept cashing welfare checks charged with fraud

Lottery Post — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:14:47 GMT

A Michigan lottery winner was charged with fraud Tuesday for collecting food stamps and public health insurance despite pocketing a $735,000 jackpot.

Amanda Clayton, 25, was silent during a brief court hearing after spending a night in jail. A not-guilty plea was entered, and her lawyer vowed to fight the charges.

Clayton is the second person in Michigan caught with food stamps despite newly minted wealth. Gov. Rick Snyder last week signed a law requiring the lottery to notify the Human Se... [ More ]