Farm Bill or Food Stamp Bill?

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Senate-Passed Farm Bill Is 80 Percent Food Stamps

Nearly 80 percent of the nearly $1 trillion Farm Bill will fund an expanded food stamp program that is projected to offer increased benefits long after economists expect the economy will have recovered.

The bill, which passed the Senate June 21 on a 64-35 vote, would cost $969 billion over the next decade – mostly for food stamps.

Food stamps – formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – account for $768 billion of the bill’s ten-year total, or 79 percent of the Senate bill’s total funding. “In total, CBO estimates that enacting the [SNAP] provisions…would cost $768.2 billion,” The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said in a June estimate of the bill.

The remaining 11 percent goes to fund the myriad of federal farm subsidies that give the Farm Bill its name, such as wetland conservation programs, price supports, and crop insurance.

The bill also locks in higher food stamp spending long after the recession is likely to have ended – keeping spending higher than its pre-recession levels.

Senate-Passed Farm Bill Is 80 Percent Food Stamps | CNSNews.com

It actually makes sense since the EBT card can only be used to purchase food that comes from farms while also supporting the food retail business and the food distribution business. It actually supports those who grow food in america by creating demand for their products from people who would otherwise buy less or none at all.

It is not hard to figure out whiny dude.