Is America Becoming A Food Stamp Nation?

A the economy struggles and unemployment increases, many people both employed and unemployed are turning to food stamps.

Since 2007, the amount of people who use food stamps has increased by 74% and almost 15% of the population uses food stamps.

Reuters reports:

Altogether, there are now almost 46 million people in the United States on food stamps, roughly 15 percent of the population. That’s an increase of 74 percent since 2007, just before the financial crisis and a deep recession led to mass job losses.

At the same time, the cost doubled to reach $68 billion in 2010 — more than a third of the amount the U.S. government received in corporate income tax last year — which means the program has started to attract the attention of some Republican lawmakers looking for ways to cut the nation’s budget deficit.