things that make you think "WTF?"

[mickeym]

$2M Michigan lottery winner defends use of food stamps

Comments

[tabularassa.livejournal.com]

*shakes head*

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

If it makes you feel any better, he'll have to pay 35% of his winnings to the IRS -- that is, $700,000. So essentially, he's already paid for that food stamp card. It does seem weird, though, that he'd still want to use it.

[munibunny.livejournal.com]

WOW.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

I know, right? It's really...well. 'Uncool' is what comes to mind.

[nrrrdy-grrrl.livejournal.com]

What!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tabularassa.livejournal.com]

NOT correct!

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

It's not a matter of feeling better, or whatever. I just--can't fathom the mindset that someone would win the lottery, stash it into savings and still thing it's okay to use foodstamps when they could go to someone else who really needs them.

But even beyond that, and ass-ish attitude of the dude in question, I blame the government for being stupid and allowing loopholes like that. Ugh. *sigh*

Sorry. Very, very hormonal today.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Right? It's just mind-boggling.

Even more mind-boggling is that federal/state government rules have allowed loopholes like this to happen.

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Completely mind-boggling, isn't it?

[nrrrdy-grrrl.livejournal.com]

He sounds like a stubborn old coot who likes putting his foot down about ridiculous crap. Let's go put a bag of burning poo on his porch.

[munibunny.livejournal.com]

The stupid thing is, rewriting state regulation to correct this would cost taxpayer money too. This guy is just a jerk.

[embroiderama]

Wow, yeah, and he sounds like a pompous ass about the whole thing.