After winning the lottery on Michigan’s ‘Make Me Wealthy,’ Leroy Fick is fighting the state’s try to preserve him from collecting state assist in the type of meals stamps. Fick’s attorney, John Wilson, says his client has not broken any laws and is eligible for positive aspects under the latest method.
OK, a man dies and leaves his family with 2 million dollars in life insurance but that’s all they have to live on, and they still qualified for food stamps, would you say it is OK for them to continue using food stamps????!!!!!
The FOX chick is such a bitch!
well the thing is $850,000 isnt really that much. even in today’s society 1 million dollars isnt that much money. so i dont see what is wrong with this guy still being on food stamps? if he had 10 or 20$ million then i could understand, but shit i could probably blow up $850,000 in 3 months. and i do agree he doesn’t know if he will be alive 10 to 20years from now as everyday is somewhat a risk and isnt guaranteed, so he did the smart thing by taking the lump sum! i would to and im only 18!
850k is not “a rich man’s” salary.
That is one winning, NOT A SALARY !
If he had that kind of income, that would be much different.
@Thedarksecret1 tell me about it, I fuckin hate taxes.. Damn goverment will always want a piece of the pie
the bigger picture is the way the state has responded to this idiot, “yeah, you still qualify to recieve stamps”. What else is the state doing or wasting tax money on? And why didnt the network inlude the agent that still is giving him the checks?
Long live Leroy boy!
@Thedarksecret1 HAHA, yea ur right, but when its a “small” amount of money like 2 million dollars, id rather have a steady amount of money coming in, than getting the 800K which would only last so long…. :S
@calfan3 Hell, wouldn’t you collect it in a lump sum? There’s no guarantee you’re going to be alive in 20 to 25 years. Besides, have you seen how old this man looks. I don’t blame him for taking all the money while his heart’s still beating.
@Thedarksecret1 thats what happens when u collect it in a lump sum.
chuck norris is, the government.
eight hundred and fifty thousand is really not all that much. maybe enough to live comfortably for a few years, but nothing more.
@samuricex I understand but that’s still a substantial chunk. Besides, I would take all of my money too. There’s no guarantee he’s going to be alive 20 years from now. Judging from his age, I can understand why he would take the money now. Did you see the video?
People are ****en stupid. This man did NOT pay $1.15 million in taxes. He received a lump sum as stated in the video, meaning HE chose to get $850,000 at once instead of 2 million (minus taxes) over 10, 20, 30, or whatever years the show would have taken to pay him 2 million.
What he’s doing may not be illegal, but I think it is morally wrong.
@Thedarksecret1 It was his choice, he chose to get it all at once instead of many payments over several years.
this is why our fucking country is they way it is. he wins 2mill and still can get food stamps?
Smart man!!!!! Keep getting those stamps since you’ve paid over 1 mill..
Leroy paid $1,150,000m taxes. Whatever food stamp he collected and now collecting for the rest of his life, is way much less than what he paid for his taxes. So leave him alone…he is support your children too by paying for their education, the parks, the street you’re walking on. We should be thanking him for the $1.1m taxes.