“It is 5.5% overall “
I hate to say this but the economy due to the democrats is so bad that the fed has been adding 85 billion a month to keep the thing going. The down side is that this money is causing food inflation. The overall inflation rate is low because telecomunications is getting cheaper along with flat screen tvs.
We need to be cutting spending on the US navy, EPA, college aid, govt. employees, etc. I am ok with food stamps provided we step up fraud prosecutions.
I don't know if that's true. On the one hand it makes sense - people have more money to spend, so the manufacturers can charge more. And you do see that - WIC eligible products are often the highest prices on the shelf. However, the only people in the store not using coupons are the people paying with EBT cards. That has to keep the cost of my food down somewhere along the line - I figure if the manufacturer can get full cost from the EBT folk, they can afford to give a discount to the rest of us.