Amanda Clayton - people unclear on the concept
From the
UK Daily Mail:
'It's okay because I'm not working: Woman, 24, who just won $1MILLION lottery and bought a new home all cash is STILL collecting welfare
A young woman who won $1m on a state lottery has sparked outrage after she admitted to still claiming benefits.
Amanda Clayton of Lincoln Park, Michigan still claims $200 a month in food stamps and despite paying cash for a new home and car said, 'I'm still struggling.'
The 24-year-old added that she is entitled to the welfare handout as she has two homes to run.
Oh to be on the dole in liberal-land... More:
She posed proudly with a giant check for the six figure sum and told friends the jackpot would change her life.
But after a tip off that she was still claiming benefits a local TV station followed her around and filmed her with a secret camera.
Clayton was filmed going into a store and paying for goods using her Bridge card to pay for her items.
When confronted about continuing to claim welfare Clayton said she wasn't doing anything wrong.
'I thought that they would cut me off, but since they didn't, I thought maybe it was okay because I'm not working,' she told WDIV in Detroit.
What she is doing is legal according to the current laws:
Local politicians are pushing for a change in the law that prevents lottery winners from still being able to claim state benefits.
Republican Dale Zorn, who is sponsoring a bill to ban lottery winners from getting food stamps, said: 'Public assistance should be given to those in need of public assistance, not those that have found riches.
The bill has already passed the House, and Zorn is hoping it will pass the Senate soon.
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