Several months back former house speaker Newt Gingrich charged that the President has presided over an “unprecedented” rise in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the appealing euphemism for “food stamps.”  Immediately labeled a racist by the president’s apologists, acolytes, and mainstream media lick-spittles, the Speaker simply responded with facts that were ignored by “Progressives” who don’t argue, but attack.

From the report:

How Did SNAP Participation and Spending Change Over the Past Several Years?

On average, 45 million people received SNAP benefits each month in fiscal year 2011, which represents a 70 percent increase over the roughly 26 million people (or one of every 11) who received benefits in 2007. Outlays for SNAP benefits (not including administrative costs) more than doubled during that period, from about $30 billion to $72 billion.