Quick: What Does a $40 Billion Cut to Food Stamps Mean? (And How Many Years Is That Over?)

I have been harshly critical of budget reporting in the media for being uninformative to readers. I think the NYT is trying to help me make my point. It ran an article telling readers about GOP plans to have a $40 billion cut in food stamp spending. 

Okay how much money is that? Will all of us taxpayers see big savings if we cut back food stamps by this amount?

Well, if we go to the Center for Economic and Policy Research's new super neat budget calculator we would see that $40 billion...