While Nat and I were hiking along the Sandia Crest yesterday afternoon (Dave was busy giving his talk and being worshipped by undergraduates), we ran accross an 8 year old alone in the middle of the trail with a stick.

He said: "I want to save the world!"

I said:"good luck with that"

We walk on and chuckle, and then the kid says:
"I hope I'm rich when I grow up so that I can save the world."

We pause not really knowing what to say, and he continues:
"We're here on business, so that we can pay our taxes."

I wonder if when he asks his parents for a new toy they say "sorry, we'd like to get you that toy, but we have to pay our taxes with that money." I kinda think they do. It was a bit disturbing.