Lansing— Angry legislators responded quickly Wednesday to close a loophole allowing some Michigan Lottery jackpot winners to collect food stamps.
Angry legislators responded quickly Wednesday to close a loophole allowing some Michigan Lottery jackpot winners to collect food stamps. Leroy Fick, 59, of Bay County won $2 million last June in the Michigan Lottery’s “Make Me Rich!” television show, yet the Department of Human Services determined he could continue to receive food stamps.
Cost of the welfare program has surged in recent years as a record number of Americans enroll.
Leroy Fick won $2 million in Michgan’s “Make Me Rich” lottery, and bought a home and used car with his winnings. But to buy groceries, this lottery winner is still using his Bridge Card, Michigan’s version of food stamps. Some legislators are upset and aim to rewrite the laws to disqualify him.
After winning the lottery on Michigan’s ‘Make Me Rich,’ Leroy Fick is fighting the state’s attempt to keep him from collecting state aid in the form of food stamps. Fick’s attorney, John Wilson, says his client has not broken any laws and is eligible for benefits under the current system.
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Nearly half of all jobs in America are low-income ones, a statistic that has risen steadily over the last three decades. With one-out-of-four children in the country on food stamps—44 million people in all—what exactly has become of the golden age of prosperity in America? Greencrest Capital Senior Analyst Max Fraad Wolff says that the erosion of unions and benefits, coupled with the inability to recoup from the 2008 repression, are becoming detrimental to the economy. With astronomical unemployment rates and many unable to make ends meet, the safety net that exists to save Americans is ripe with holes, says Wolff.
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