Michigan Lottery Winner Amanda Clayton Still Wants Her Food Stamps

Amanda Clayton won the Michigan lottery and became Michigan's newest millionaire. That didn't stop her from eating at the hands of the taxpayers. Nearly six months after winning the lottery, Clayton was still applying for and receiving food stamps.

Clayton's use of taxpayer assistance after buying a new home and car with her lottery winnings follows another case of a Bay County man getting food stamps after his $2 million pay day from the lottery in 2010. That prompted state Rep. Dale Zorn to get the state House to pass legislation last month that would throw large-sum lottery winners off the welfare rolls. Legislation is pending in the Senate.

"State assistance, our tax dollars, is meant to go to those who are truly in need," said Zorn, R-Ida. "It's not meant to go to those who won big in the lottery."

In a strange twist, Zorn is a distant cousin of the grandmother of Clayton's ex-boyfriend, Joshua Ormanian of Taylor, who says Clayton went on "an insane shopping spree" after winning.

"I'm glad the person who is fighting this is actually related to us," said Rebecca Lane, 68, of Taylor, whose maiden name is Zorn and recalls meeting Rep. Dale Zorn at a family reunion in Monroe County. "There are too many people who are legitimately in need and (Clayton is) definitely not one of them."

Wanna bet if she finishes spending the rest of it some liberal will run to her aid and ensure she is placed back on welfare?