The fiscal cost of abolishing death duties may seem trifling , but it still means that for a given level of public spending other taxes must rise , which may harm incentives more .
But the house is a trifling appetiser on the institutional-paralysis menu compared with the senate .
但与参议院相比,众议院仅仅是“体制缺陷”菜单上一道微不足道的开胃菜。
I draw the trifling issue of a few billion fatalities to your attention not to make you look like a heartless fascist but because it 's a reality with which you refuse to engage .