You hear those occasional stories about people who win the lottery and somehow blow all the money and you think, “Those people are morons.” When you hear this story you’re going to say, “No, we’re the morons.”
The Associated Press has the really aggravating details:
Leroy Fick of Bay County admitted he still swipes the [food stamp] electronic card at stores, nearly a year after winning a jackpot on “Make Me Rich!” He told WNEM-TV in Saginaw that more than half the prize went to taxes.
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.
One comment:
F*ck Fick.
There. We feel better now.
Source: Associated Press
