Kind of hard to spot when Newt cut it in half isn't it?
It is. It's hard to say what is going on, other than it's more every year. The comparison between 1980 and 2010 is horrifying. On the other hand, there is no comparison to the number of people "qualifying" for it, which is undoubtedly trending upward with intergenerational poverty; or the accuracy of the source.
Congress specializes in voodoo economics, especially the Dems. I remember during the fuss about government insurance for children, Bush offered an additional 15M per year, but the Dems wanted 30M per year, so they screamed "Bush is denying health care to children!"