摘要：Whether poor households
pay more or less for
food than other households
is a recurring policy question.
Many Federal food-assistance programs
are designed to provide lowincome
and other needy people with
the financial means to select nutritious
diets. For example, the amount
of a household¡¯s monthly food
stamp allotment is based on the cost
of USDA¡¯s Thrifty Food Plan (TFP),
a market basket of suggested
amounts of foods that make up a
nutritious diet and can be purchased
at a relatively low cost. The cost of
the TFP is based on the actual food
prices paid by low-income households.
The food stamp allotment is
adjusted annually by the Consumer
Price Index for specific foods within
the TFP market basket.
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