Government spending on food stamps has doubled since five years ago to $80 billion today, with chances that it will grow even larger in the future. The increase in the number of food stamp participants is due to slow economic recovery, high unemployment and stagnant wages.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which provides food assistance to the impoverished individuals of a certain income - including millions of Latino families, will suffer a $5 billion cut to their budget this coming Friday.
