Again, I do not expect

Robert Reich to ever see this, much less respond. But here we try again…

If you were to look into the refrigerators and pantries of

Robert Reich, pundits, and everyone else talking about how the Democrats in the Senate “caved,” I’ve no doubt that you would find those refrigerators and pantries full of food, and no concern among any of them about being able to afford to buy groceries the next time they need them, at whatever cost the groceries are.

Meanwhile, I’m willing to wager that if you were to look into the refrigerators and pantries of those who were relieved at what the “8” did (not only the food insecure, but also the furloughed/fired federal workers), you would find more than 40,000,000 American people who are grateful that now they might be able eat.

While affordability, and especially affordable health care, affects all Americans, hunger and food insecurity is a potential fear of human beings everywhere.

A person who has the flu might postpone a visit to their primary care physician for a few days because of the cost. If your refrigerator and pantry are full, it is easy to concentrate on affordability.

If your refrigerator and pantry are bare and your stomach is empty, or you have to listen to the cries of your child because they’re hungry for food, a fight over affordability is a luxury you simply do not have. In this case, you are in survival mode. And, quite frankly, that is something

Robert Reich could/should understand.