Last I checked smoking is legal and, tax wise, encouraged. It benefits you financially KR so don't be a hypocrite. If we want people to stop smoking then it should be illegal or at a minimum we wouldn't profit from their sale.

"I have heard of other programs making parents of aid attend parenting classess. Do you have a problem with that?"

Who pays for the classes? Is this eating up time that could be used looking for a job? Who babysits the kids?

Myself welfare should be more along the lines of unemployment where you report in every week or whatever. However, there's only so much you can do even with a known drug addict. You start cutting people off completely you will soon have a large crime wave or an expensive bill building more prisons.

I do find it ironic that the extreme right wants to ban abortion AND refuse to provide welfare. Oh I forgot the Amish will take care of them all.