"You don't want to discourage it, it's a wonderful tradition, " says Naidre's owner Janice Pullicino, 53 years old.

WSJ: No More Perks: Coffee Shops Pull the Plug on Laptop Users

Oversized deductions encourage donors to donate and bidders to bid, and the charities don't want to discourage that.

FORBES: Taxing Matters: Going, going, deducted!

"Obviously we don't want to discourage people from calling in, " said Ms Bosman.

BBC: Offshore Sussex wind farm weather mast causes 999 calls

Because if you decide you want to be a teacher -- (applause) -- if you decide you want to be a cop, if you're not making huge amounts of money we don't want to discourage you from that because of the cost of college.

WHITEHOUSE: Creating New Jobs by Investing in High-Speed Rail

And driven customers don't seem to be letting cost discourage them from the conversion.

CNN: Hybrids trick out, plug in

Nonetheless, don't expect Bush to try to discourage it, says Edwin Truman, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a former assistant secretary for international affairs in the Treasury Department.

FORBES: Prosperity And Peace In The Middle East

As for other banks that don't, imposing higher capital ratios on them immediately might only discourage them from lending money to businesses, at a time when credit is already scarce.

ECONOMIST: Finance

Small businesses like City Newsstand don't typically record the names and contact information of their customers and payment-card companies discourage businesses from keeping credit-card data.

WSJ: Hackers New Target: Small Firms With Lax Security