There was a story all over the news a number of months ago, where a woman won a state multi million dollar lottery. When her food stamps case came up for renewal she drove to the FS office in her new Mercedes to renew. The workers saw that and tipped off the press. Her renewal was approved, since she had little income, despite her big bank account which legally is not considered for eligibility. Some of the state legislatures said they wanted to change the law. But it turned out that federal mandates from Congress preclude states from considering any assets, and can only look at income. (They used to consider assets also until about 5 years ago, when the law changed.)
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