Of course, politicians should be willing to spend 0.5% of GDP to avoid a 20% cost of GDP. This sounds eminently sensible – until you realize that Barroso is comparing two entirely different issues.
这样大家就清楚了。当然，政坛人物们理应愿意花GDP的5%来避免20%的损失。这听起来很有道理。但是你一旦认识到巴罗索是在比较两个完全不同的问题时，你不会如此认为了。