Hmmm .. Read in the NST, 17 December 2005 (pg. 32 - World News) that 11 million Americans are illiterate!! Ooookay, but what this means is that (according to the newspaper - AP) about 1 in 20 adults in the US is not literate in English and lack the skills to handle many everyday tasks. Whoa !! It went on to say that from 1992 to 2003, adults made no progress in their ability to read sentences and paragraphs or understand other printed materials such as bus schedules or prescription tablets.
11 million people is an awful large number of folks who are not literate in English, said Russ Whitehurst, Director of the Institute of Education Sciences at the Education Department. Further, some 30 million adults have "below basic" skills in prose. Their ability is so limited that they may not be able to make sense of a simple pamphlet - AP. Aiyaa, tak tau lah ...
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You know, I don't know the purpose of your post.
The USA has 11 million illegal aliens. Surprisingly this is closely the same number as you state that can not read.
Maybe you can look into this issue more. And compare across countries.