I read this article last week and thought I could share.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/29/behind-the-big-increase-in-food-stamps/?ref=economy&_r=4

I have studied before on the course about the Food Stamps Program, known as SNAP, and for me it was just interesting to think about it through a new perspective. I mean, not just thinking about the ones who are helped, but the public costs of such a program. Also, according to what I've been reading for our Public Finance class, I am able to better understand how the new rules and benefit formulas of SNAP influence the final amount of governmental spending with the program.