A Biden administration push to increase food stamp benefits could be responsible for a 15% rise in prices at the grocery store.
- Overall spending on the program more than doubled between 2019 and 2022, going from $4.5 billion in 2019 to $11 billion in 2022.
- Biden’s expansion is projected to cost US taxpayers more than $1 trillion over the next decade.
The increase in spending on food stamps has fueled a rise in grocery prices and contributed to high inflation, according to a government watchdog group.