You’re correct, we still spend incredible amounts of money on Food Stamps. The growth EXPLODED when Barry Soetoro took charge in 2009 through 2013, and then all it did was level off slightly. It seems like the WalMart millionaires expected the steep increases every year.
Actually, food stamps went down in 2012(?) as the bail out program ended. Now stamp amounts are going back up. Don’t know where the new money is coming from.