THE 2012 FARM BILL IS A BLOATED

WELFARE BILL IN DISGUISE

Commodities

1%
Trade Crop Insurance

Conservation

6%

6%

9%

80% 20%

is food stamp programs (SNAP) is corporate welfare

78%
Food Stamps & Nutrition Programs

In the 1970s, only 1 in 50 Americans received food stamps. TODAY, 1 in 7 do.

GOVERNMENT

SPENDS ON MORE TODAY

SNAP THAN IT DID IN 2000
$80,000 $70,000 $60,000 $50,000 $40,000 $30,000 $20,000 $10,000 $0.00
19 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85

Congress must vote to reauthorize these USDA programs or watch them expire, meaning that the so-called Farm Bill is an opportunity to make serious reforms and real cuts to the billions we waste on farm subsidies and food stamps.

5 YEARS

EVERY

TOTAL COST of SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

87

19

89

19

91

19

93

19

95

19

97

19

99

20

20

20

20

20

20

11