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$2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself)
    #14474460 - 05/18/11 05:28 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

By Detroit News detroit News – Wed May 18, 1:27 pm ET

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Ron French, Detroit News staff writer

A Michigan man who won $2 million in a state lottery game continues to collect food stamps 11 months after striking it rich.

And there's nothing the state can do about it, at least for now.

Leroy Fick, 59, of Auburn won $2 million in the state lottery TV show "Make Me Rich!" last June. But the state's Department of Human Services determined he was still eligible for food stamps, Fick's attorney, John Wilson of Midland, said Tuesday.

Eligibility for food stamps is based on gross income and follows federal guidelines; lottery winnings are considered liquid assets and don't count as income. As long as Fick's gross income stays below the eligibility requirement for food stamps, he can receive them, even if he has a million dollars in the bank.

Food stamps are paid for through tax dollars and are meant to help support low-income families.

"If you're going to try to make me feel bad, you're not going to do it," Fick told WNEM-TV in Saginaw on Monday.

Wilson said Fick told the DHS officials he'd won $2 million but was told he could keep using the Bridge Card issued to him to buy groceries.

Fick could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Al Kimichik, director of the office of inspector general for DHS, said the department could not comment on individual cases but that it this week began the process of requesting a waiver from the federal government to close the lottery loophole. If it is granted, assets would be counted in determining food stamp eligibility.

Though the food stamp program is federal and states must follow U.S. guidelines, states sometimes request waivers of rules. Michigan was granted a waiver recently to stop college students from qualifying for food stamps.

"For Leroy Fick to continue to use a Bridge Card, paid for by the taxpayers, after winning the lottery, is obscene," said Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge. "What a waste of taxpayer money."

Jones contacted DHS officials Monday about Fick's case, and was told the department's hands were tied by federal regulations.

"There is no liquid asset requirement for getting food stamps," Jones said. "The department is asking the federal government for an immediate change (in policy). They're hoping this case will help the federal government act."

Until then, Fick can collect food stamps and keep his lottery winnings in the bank.

"I am not going to sit and debate the ethics of this," Wilson said. "But from his standpoint, he did what he was supposed to do -- he informed the state, and the state said he could keep using the card. The problem is with the state."
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This guy is such a puke, and the state is ridiculous to allow a millionaire the use of food stamps!
    Another example of govt spending ignorance.:rolleyes::facepalm:

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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: thelivingfreekshow]
    #14474508 - 05/18/11 05:39 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Bet this guy doesnt get asked for some of his winnings and just gets robbed instead.. What a loser.

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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: thelivingfreekshow]
    #14474513 - 05/18/11 05:40 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

thats pretty fucked.
what an asshole, i hope he loses that 2m somehow.

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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: dizzyease]
    #14474529 - 05/18/11 05:44 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

:lol: i bet he does a lot of coke


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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: thelivingfreekshow] * 3
    #14474581 - 05/18/11 05:56 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Blame the policy not the individual.  I can see the selfishness in his actions, but at the same time the government is allowing it.

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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: Mush 4 Brains]
    #14474641 - 05/18/11 06:14 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

fuck that i blame the individual
the government screwed up here but in this case it was an honest screw up, an oversight
but the individual man is intentionally screwing the taxpayers and abusing a system meant to help the needy  thats not honest thats almost malicious
fuck that guy


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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: eritas]
    #14474700 - 05/18/11 06:26 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

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thats almost malicious



Its definitely malicious no doubt about it.  He has made sure there'll be a fix coming.

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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: eritas]
    #14474709 - 05/18/11 06:28 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Wow...pretty deuchy.


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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: 2Cents]
    #14474723 - 05/18/11 06:30 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Wait, so if given the opportunity to have the government continue to pay for your food and not have to cut in to your wealth you wouldn't do the same?

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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: s240779]
    #14474745 - 05/18/11 06:34 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

superhigh said:
Wait, so if given the opportunity to have the government continue to pay for your food and not have to cut in to your wealth you wouldn't do the same?




No, I wouldn't. Not if it was at the cost of the taxpayers.


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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: s240779]
    #21323718 - 02/24/15 05:05 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

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Da2ra said:
Wait, so if given the opportunity to have the government continue to pay for your food and not have to cut in to your wealth you wouldn't do the same?




yeah I agree.

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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: luvdemboomers]
    #21323755 - 02/24/15 05:10 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

My perspective has changed.

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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: thelivingfreekshow] * 1
    #21323841 - 02/24/15 05:25 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

At least those pesky starving college students can't get stamps!


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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: twighead]
    #21323865 - 02/24/15 05:30 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

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At least those pesky starving college students can't get stamps!



:lol:

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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: thelivingfreekshow]
    #21324115 - 02/24/15 06:03 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

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"If you're going to try to make me feel bad, you're not going to do it," Fick told WNEM-TV in Saginaw on Monday






:rofl2:  That motherficker is a joke.  He has that mentality "I've been getting kicked in the face my whole life."  Fuq boi needs to hop off the dole.  I foresee him spending more than he has now anyways.  %s are going to kick his ass when he goes for that top dollar home and car.  Isn't that how all of these lotto winner stories end anyway?


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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: Morgenstern]
    #21324132 - 02/24/15 06:06 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

someone shud kill this fuckface

like straight fucking murder him


someone shud kidnap him and throw him in the mean streets of detroit with a sign that says "I won 2 million dollars, please rob me"


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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: Morgenstern]
    #21324138 - 02/24/15 06:06 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

2 million isn't even that much anymore with a nice house and some cars that will eat up a good chunk of it. Without investing I predict he will blow through it.


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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: thelivingfreekshow]
    #21324683 - 02/24/15 07:27 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

The man is entitled to what he is recieving. He is following the law. I am dissapointed in anyone who wishes him ill for following the laws and regulations as best he can.


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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: Ellis Dee] * 1
    #21324880 - 02/24/15 08:00 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

The Capital gains tax on his winnings was probably enough to offset the 'cost' to the public anyway :lol:


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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: Gilgamesh18]
    #21325213 - 02/24/15 09:03 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

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2 million Also 't even that much with a nice house and some cars that will eat up a good chunk of it. Without investing I predict he will blow through it.




Detroit has the most affordable housing in usa. Also "car" singular no need for a fleet of luxury cars.
His name is Leroy but he dosent look like a Leroy so i have high hopes he wont be broke in a year.
Using food stamps or food bank or assistance is a dick head move  for millionaire. If i had two mil i would still work but would never worry about money again ever.

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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: my3rdeye]
    #21325234 - 02/24/15 09:07 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Word, on my current budget.. I could live 70+ years off 2 mil flat :lol:
Granted I would probably spend much more than that.
With a decent job you'd not have to worry too much
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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: twighead] * 2
    #21325264 - 02/24/15 09:10 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Doesn't really fucking matter I think people should be more mad at the fact that we waste 'tax dollars' on the war on drugs.


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Re: $2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps(for himself) [Re: aler]
    #21325840 - 02/24/15 10:57 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Can't we be made at a few or a lot of other things too? ;D


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