A lot of folks aren't great with numeracy, so I think it's good to use examples to help people understand how much tax Apple didn't have to pay that they themselves would have had to pay if they earned as much as Apple did.
Yes, explaining 13bn in terms of how many Children's Hospitals or Special Needs Assistants or Tablets per school child is very helpful in understanding how much money were taking about, and has no political agenda whatsoever.
/sarcasm
Takes one to know one?
The point is to help folks understand how significant this fine is. Take from it what you will.
I don't think this is correct. It's helping understand how large that much money is. It's a hard one to get your head around.