Senate Passes a Farm Bill that should be renamed the Food Stamp Bill

The figures are staggering:

The Senate voted 66-27 to pass a massive farm bill Monday evening that could set the course for the country’s food policy for the next decade. The wide-ranging, 10-year agriculture measure would cost taxpayers $955 billion. 

That bulk of the money -- $760.2 billion -- would go toward the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – or commonly known as the food stamp program which helps low-income families buy food. The Senate bill makes a small cut to the food stamp program, while the House version shaves off $17.4 billion.

Here are some interesting charts To give you the magnitude of the Food Stamp Program, The chart below compares it to the Job Training & Education of our Veterans:



This next Chart shows you the increase in the cost of advertising costs of the program over the years:



I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

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