Posted on 08/11/2016 6:38:15 AM PDT by Drango
Goofy and odious that we are subsidizing people who have enough disposable income to buy cigarettes.
Nearly half? Why not 100%?
Can the still smoke Meth?
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Minnesota is a lost cause.
Happy I got my wife out of there!
Drug use is OK then? What are they going after next? Diet soda, Beer, nice cloths. It is a power grab.
About time. As others write, if they can afford these habits, they don’t need public assistance. If people require public assistance, they should be drug and tobacco free. These locations, both inside and outside, should be 100% drug and tobacco free.
Drug use is already banned for public housing, by federal regulation if I recall correctly.
People who spend $5 a day(or more)on cigarettes,and a like amount for beer ,shouldn’t be getting so much public assistance.You want me to pay your rent and health care then you are going to have to give up PROVEN unhealthy habits.
Drug use is already banned for public housing, by federal regulation if I recall correctly.
It does not seem to work to well either. I suppose they want another class of criminals.
This is why grocery store chains, for example, lobby heavily to expand the eligibility for food stamps, and to increase funding for them.
You and me both! Our family moved to Texas in June. A huge sense of relief!
I, for one, welcome our know-better bureaucratic overlords. See? They reduced smoking simply by outlawing it and punishing people with losing their shelter if they disobey. Easy-peasy.
But it’s racist to forbid smoking in public housing, ‘cause everybody knows that...
My understanding is that science has proven that second hand smoke can be quite harmful - if you are a cat.
I really, REALLY hate cigarette smoke and LOVE that, being in a band, I can come home from a gig without that smell in my clothing and on my equipment. But the second hand smoke thing is “almost” as bad as the global warming nonsense.
Yeah, it stinks and it is annoying, but it’s all about PPM. And don’t tell anybody, but smoking does not increase your cancer risk as much as most people think. Yes, it’s bad, but not THAT bad. And to be clear, I HATE smoking and have a hard time mustering personal respect foe people who do. But I see it with eyes open.
If I were dictator, there would be public housing and government supplied food, rather than food stamps etc. Enjoy your rolled oats. When you earn enough to get out you might be able to get a bag of Doritos and a Big Mac, but not until then.
In my case, it was from Seattle to rural KY. Same sense of relief.
With my beliefs about where the US is going, both culturally and economically, I’d be at my wits end if I was still in Seattle. With all the deer, rabbits, turkeys that wonder by my bedroom window, and the cattle and chickens, I feel oddly prepared.
Oooooh goody....and second hand smoke is right at the top of my concerns list
How is this enforced and what is the cost of enforcement?
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