Every $1 spent on SNAP generates $1.79 in GDP.

President Donald Trump's plans to kick start the nation's productivity by, in part, gutting food stamps, could actually starve the economy. The proposed budget unveiled Tuesday assumes 3 percent economic growth, up from 1.9 percent, via a mix of tax and program cuts. That includes reducing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, by $192 billion over the next decade.This is despite the government's own research that shows food stamps don't just pay for themselves — they have a return on investment. A 2010 USDA study found that every $1 spent on SNAP generates $1.79 in GDP. Besides putting food on the table, the stimulus spending of food stamps grows the retail, wholesale and transportation economies that get it there, according to the report. And every $1 billion increase in SNAP creates 9,000 full-time jobs.the program would require states to pick up $100 billion of the tab for food stamps. Currently they only pay half the costs of administering it.