The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) submitted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to all 50 states requesting information on the number of substantial (more than $4,250) lottery winners receiving food stamps since 2019. In a new opinion piece for Fox News, FGA’s Hayden Dublois discussed the findings of this project. FGA received responses from 13 states, identifying more than 66,000 substantial lottery winners who continued receiving food stamps. Of that substantial number, states could find only 400 who had been removed—a fraction of one percent. Illinois had more than 50,000 winners on food stamps, and only removed 99. In South Dakota, a $2 million jackpot winner is still on welfare.
65,000 lottery winners are using a loophole within the SNAP program to continue receiving food stamps, even when they’re over the federal income threshold.
My No Welfare for the Wealthy Act will close this loophole & protect resources that should only go to the most needy.
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