Fair enough.
As a society we need to stop subsidizing those who don’t need it. That includes crony capitalism such as Boeing and the Export-Import bank.
The individual in this story smokes and likely spends over $1,000 a year doing it assuming he smokes a pack a day. It’s disposable income. My point is that amount should go to his rent. I’m sorry that he may be semi-miserable, but he needs to stop feeding at the taxpayer teat.
The amount of his rent is based on his income and not any habit.
You sound like a government troll that wants to wring the last dollar out of someone's pocket. If he spent that on bowling or fishing would you still want every disposable dime?
This was not as issue before. The real story here is petty bureaucrats getting their rocks off by bothering the tenants.
“The individual in this story smokes and likely spends over $1,000 a year doing it assuming he smokes a pack a day. It’s disposable income.”
Here in MA a pack a day would run about $3000.00 a year.
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