Framing

I was going to list a number of economic links with this video, to make a point about how far gone we're already headed down the road to financial ruin, but then I ran across this item and thought it summed up the problem about as precisely, and concisely, as I could ever hope or desire:

Mexican boy's eyes gouged out 'to save the world' 

See the issue? Except for the headline NOT ending with, "and he liked it," I'd say that pretty much captures the enormous entirety of what's wrong with the situation, as I see it.

Good luck with that,…