But if governments want people to be more generous, can they do much about it?
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Traditional treatment is so expensive that regulators can't force farms to do much about it.
People who are trapped in poverty aren't going to do much about health care.
He could not do much about this during his stint inside the system.
And the Bank of England is not planning to do much about it.
Although everybody agrees on the need to overhaul Fannie and Freddie, nobody is rushing to do much about it.
To his credit Dudley warns that the fiscal drag that is planned is too great to do much about creating sufficient growth.
One impediment is something Ms Merkel cannot do much about: the economy.
In terms of deterrence, you can't do much about outsiders, but I think you should try something more exotic with your condo neighbors.
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As much as Brown strives to improve the family experience at the camp, there are external factors that he can't do much about.
The Lebanese authorities clearly object to Israel's almost routine infringement of their air-space but have very little ability to do much about it.
And Levein picked out the Rangers goalkeeper for special mention, saying "there was not an awful lot he could do much about the goals".
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This might surprise some who think we English are all entirely staid, people who will allow the mob to rampage and not do much about it.
The stock market rose above pre-U.S. downgrade lows during intraday trade on Monday, but immediate fundamentals remain weak and policy makers in Washington seem hog-tied to do much about.
We may not be able to do much about infections that lead to it, but we do have a lot of power to change the other culprits in our lives.
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In a report this week, the World Bank says Indonesia faces many of the same problems encountered by transitional democracies in Eastern Europe, but fails to do much about it.
Mr Holland's account of the failure of the Allied Military Government to do much about the starvation and social breakdown in the liberated areas is an uncomfortable echo of today's Iraq.
One reason why it is nicer to walk down Barcelona's Ramblas than through Manchester's Exchange Square is the weather and not even the most inventive council can do much about the infamous Mancunian rain.
Driving Paulson's huge investment in hardware, software and communications links is his belief that the days of the conventional trading floor are numbered--and that the stock, options and commodities exchanges have been in denial or too sluggish to do much about it.
"It may well be that Wes is quite keen to return to his roots and find a club nearer to his home, so that may be one of the stumbling blocks at the moment that we cannot do much about, " Baker said.
In the face of the pope doing that very thing, Peters and many conservative and traditionalist commentators have found themselves trying to put the best face on a situation they clearly don't like yet can't do much about lest they be openly voicing dissent with the pope.
The failure of the Scottish Executive to do anything much about this complex of problems has left many feeling short-changed.
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