Lottery winner still using Michigan Bridge card

[RedGrouse]

Lottery winner still using Michigan Bridge card
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/i...d/-/index.html

How ****ed up is this? A lottery winner on food stamps.

[SarasotaRepub]

"it's just hard, you know. I'm struggling," she said.

Aaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

[Apache]

welcome to the entitlement era...

[NJCardFan]

More than likely a Democrat voter. I mean, she has 2 houses after winning $1 million yet she's struggling. You're right. Welcome to the entitlement era. And of course our resident libs won't see a problem with this. Of course, chances are she'll be broke by the end of the year anyway.

[noonwitch]

She committed fraud by not reporting her winnings, and will have to pay the state back. She also could be prosecuted for a criminal offense, although that will likely result in fines and not prison time.

If her fines amount to more than what's left of her winnnings, she will have to go to work to pay them off, since by committing welfare fraud she is not eligible for anymore benefits at the state level. I think that would be justice served.

[fettpett]

She committed fraud by not reporting her winnings, and will have to pay the state back. She also could be prosecuted for a criminal offense, although that will likely result in fines and not prison time.

If her fines amount to more than what's left of her winnnings, she will have to go to work to pay them off, since by committing welfare fraud she is not eligible for anymore benefits at the state level. I think that would be justice served.

did she commit fraud? and did the State change the laws on lottery winnings after the guy won the $2 Million last year and was still collecting SNAP? If not, then within the law she didn't do anything "wrong" legally. Ethically...hell yeah, dumb entitled bitch shouldn't have it.

[Starbuck]

She committed fraud by not reporting her winnings, and will have to pay the state back. She also could be prosecuted for a criminal offense, although that will likely result in fines and not prison time.

If her fines amount to more than what's left of her winnnings, she will have to go to work to pay them off, since by committing welfare fraud she is not eligible for anymore benefits at the state level. I think that would be justice served.

Evidently she did report her income; she said taxes brought her 1 mil down to 500K +.

She's just young and not very smart. And the kind of "not very smart" that she carries around will probably not be diminished by time.

Handling large sums of money is not easy. Most people simply cannot do it, and virtually no 24 year old can do it. I am a little encouraged by the house she bought, but only a little. Maybe things will turn out alright for her. As for the Bridge Card? May as well let her keep it; she's going to be reapplying anyway.