Bad timing...Bad location. What irks me the most is that this guy has more money than a lot of people (who aren't on public assistance) will make in a lifetime yet he's on food stamps.
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Fick says the Department of Human Services told him he could continue to use the card, which is paid with tax dollars. He told WNEM: "If you're going to ... try to make me feel bad, you aren't going to do it."
The TV station says people have seen Fick driving a new Audi convertible. Messages seeking comment were left with his attorney and the state today.
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@ bolded.
http://www.freep.com/article/2011051...ite-winning-2M
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DHS officials confirmed that Fick had contacted them about his winnings and was notified that he could continue to receive aid because he had taken the winnings in a lump sum and still met the income threshold for food assistance.
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Fick told the TV station that his use of food stamps was justified because the government took more than half of his winnings in taxes.
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Talk about having a sense of entitlement. I think the government taxing his winnings is justified because of all the years/decades/whatever he was on public assistance
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http://www.freep.com/article/2011051...ff-food-stamps