TO THE EDITOR:
It must be nice to be Graham Palmer, who wrote in his Oct. 7 column, Getting DC to function again, that he “hasn’t noticed too many tangible effects on (his) own life from (the federal shutdown).”
I bet he would notice if he was a senior dependent on government programs that provide healthy meals. Or a veteran, who has had his pension and educational benefits cut. He would probably notice the shutdown if he was a child living in poverty, no longer benefitting from WIC funding for nutrition.
Palmer would do well to step out of his Sperrys and into someone else’s shoes — not everyone lives a comfortable, affluent life.
Jackson Bloom ’15
Political science
