This is really sad

According to his Yahoo! news story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_re_us/adult_literacy) one third of the people living in Washington D.C. are illiterate. The story claims that this is because of immigrants, but still this is really upsetting. How can our nation, which is supposed to be the best in the world, have so many people who cannot read? I also think it's really telling how crappy our nation's capital is. D.C. is filled with crime and corruption (and I'm not talking about the Federal Government). On top of that, we now have illiteracy to add to our capital's many problems. To me, our governments seat should be a shinning example for the rest of the nation...not an ignored, troubled city (which it is). Very sad.