[ourworldawry]

“The fact is, poor people sucking on the government teat are also sucking on cigarettes. Clearly they have disposable income to spend on cigarettes....the rhetorical question is why aren’t they putting those dollars to use on housing?”

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Another fact is, what are we going to do with all the people who can’t mind their own business? Because THAT seems to be the REAL problem we face. And chronically, at that.

I find, that people who cannot MYOB are far more offensive than a smoker could ever be. Why doesn’t the gov of assachussetts do something about the ‘squalor’ that many people in “projects”(let’s call them what they are) live in, rather than focus on smoking? It would be a far more respectable thing to achieve, I believe.

[Drango]

I support drug testing to qualify for all welfare such as housing, food stamps, and AFDC. By extension, people spending money on cigarettes while their hand is in the public’s pocket is not something I support.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I am with you. If they want to regulate what goes on outside of the individual housing unit, no problem.

I might be in the minority. As far as I am concerned, government has no business regulating legal activity inside a home, be it owned, rented, or a public housing unit.

I am sure there is enough illegal activity in and outside of the units to worry about anyway.

[usconservative]

Another fact is, what are we going to do with all the people who can’t mind their own business? Because THAT seems to be the REAL problem we face. And chronically, at that.

WRONG! If you're living in PUBLIC housing paid for by OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY then those people have every right to tell you what NOT to do in THEIR HOUSE!

Don't like it, get an f'ing job, stop taking OTHER PEOPLE's MONEY and support yourself!