awkward so i was reading a thing about retards. what? retards is offensive. sure. shall we call em speds instead? the mentally handicapped were an ever present part of my growing up life. i've earned the privilege is stripping away the sugar coated names we give them so we can pretend we can integrate them into normal society. they're not normal. let em be retards. everyone will be happier. sheehs. anywho. this isn't a rant about retards. or even parents of retards. it's a rant about taxes. sorta. the /thing/ was about how much work it takes by so many people to educate one retarded kid. of course the thought wandered into my head, who's paying for it? taxes. and who pays the taxes? well according to me, it should be the rich. but then you'd have some rich asstard saying i'm not paying for that stupid program for stupid people. and wouldn't. cause the rich have that sort of power. which means, if the middle class wants programs like this then they have to pick up the tab. which they do. and they do. hrm... awkward. sorta. actually, i think rich folks are better human beings than i've implied. maybe it's just that it's harder for members of one group to accept help from members of another - than it is to give said help. whatever. education is the single best investment a country can make. even if it's for people who will never be able to get more than a tiny sip from the fire hose. especially if.  ¶ 8:00 AM