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"This is bigger than that" or "this is smaller than that" are not particularly useful comparisons. I could use the same tactic to make the budget seem overblow
by efitz 6y ago
"This is bigger than that" or "this is smaller than that" are not particularly useful comparisons. I could use the same tactic to make the budget seem overblown.
The budget for the US federal judiciary is bigger than the GDP of 64 countries[1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...
- dralley 6y agoYou neglect to mention that most of those countries are islands with a couple tens of thousands of residents. The population of NYC may well be 5x higher than the combined populations of all of those countries.
- oehtXRwMkIs 6y agoThat is exactly their point.
- emn13 6y agoThe point is pretty incoherent then, because they're proving that indeed it's reasonable for the federal judiciary to have a larger budget and thus not demonstrating that comparing budgets leads to absurdity.
- emn13 6y agoThat's not a convincing argument, because it's pretty reasonable for a several orders of magnituge wealthier country to outspend a smaller economy on all kinds of stuff (including their entire GDP). Do you have a better example?