BrianGarst.com

Illustrating why “government welfare” and “safety net” are not actually synonymous:

Amanda Clayton, a 24-year-old from Lincoln Park, Michigan … won $1 million from the Michigan State Lottery this fall, but she is still collecting and using $200 a month in food assistance from the taxpayers with her Michigan Bridge Card.

“I thought that they would cut me off, but since they didn’t, I thought maybe it was okay because I’m not working,” the lottery winner who just purchased a new house and car told Local 4 in Detroit. The station even filmed her shamelessly purchasing goods.

When Local 4 asked if she felt she had a right to the money, Clayton responded, “I mean I kinda do.”

Clayton justified the sentiment by explaining that after taking her winnings in a lump sum and having to pay taxes, the total amount was just over half of the initial winnings.

“I feel that it’s okay because I mean, I have no income and I have bills to pay,” she said. “I have two houses.”

Like so many words, the left has managed to hijack and radically redefine what it means to be “greedy.” Rational people see Amanda Clayton as a greedy, selfish leech who offers no value to society. But if you dare speak up and suggest that people who work and provide actual value to society shouldn’t be punished with higher taxes to pay for yet more programs subsidizing despicable human beings like Amanda Clayton, why you’re just a greedy SOB who refuses to pay your fair share!