component of the HHS budget is projected to be 77bn over 10 years.
DHS, is projected to be about the same per year where this massive thingy then duplicates DoD, CIA, NSA and so on ... yes DHS this entirely new thingy (the third biggest US dept after DoD and VA) will blow through more money making coffee in a year than all of Food stamps combined over a decade.
So, lets just cancel all food stamps completed for all people at all times. Effect? NONE. Lets hire a bunch of welfare cops to supervise this waste, EFFECT: increased deficit.
They do not have a budget big enough to afford the hiring of welfare cops ... welfare cops cost money, they cost more than the whole damn program.
Now, DHS has money ... maybe DHS should start patrolling food stamps ... LOL!
My understanding is if you take a food stamp, add nuclear power, fill it with some sort of considerable mass ... you've got yourself a WMD.