Using food stamps after winning lottery

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_local...gan-lottery-winner-defends-use-of-food-stamps



Wow. People never cease to amaze me. :shock:

 

wow, just wow. That's one BIG loophole...

 

Two days ago I heard this stat: 1 out of 7 Americans is now on Food Stamps.

Think about that.

 

Hope. Change. Handout

 

George Washington ~ Father of His County
James Madison ~ Father of the Constitution
Abraham Lincoln ~ The Great Emancipator
Ronald Reagan ~ The Great Communicator
Barack Obama ~ The Food Stamp President

 

How about firing the legislators responsible for allowing it?

 

Dude better start worrying about Karma

 

Honestly though, if they could start incorporating liquid assets into the eligibility equation itwould solve several problems, IMO.

 

My thoughts exactly. He might get by for a while, but we all reap what we sow.

 

I think that last one "The Food Stamp President" goes to Bush

 

LOL

 

I agree! 8)

 

oops

 

i thought you couldnt have any more than 2 thousand in assets to get them.i know someone who is on them and got an 8 thousand dollar settlement from a car wreck and they told her to spend it in 30 days or she will lose them

 

Kind of blew your position to he'll, didn't it! :mrgreen:

 

Edit: I need glasses.....carry on.

 

When I was in college I worked at as a cashier at a grocery store for a while. I noticed some people used food stamps to buy a food and then used cash to buy beer and cigarrettes...cases of beer and cartons of cigarrettes...not cheap. Heaven forbid they use cash for food. Save it all for the good stuff. :mrgreen:

 

As long as they weren't extreme couponing....

 

I think I met some of them too. I loved being a cashier. I got to meet all kinds of people. One old guy who wore pink polyester pants every time he came in would show me his wallet full of $100 bills and tell me he was on his way to the Bahamas. :lol: I think he lived like "Groundhog Day." Same pants, same money, same Bahamas story, same prune juice and Depends...

 

Yeah, he'll be on the cover of People magazine in six months - when they do the "I won the lottery and blew it all in a year!" issue.