Poor people are being asked to "earn" their handouts, by working or by agreeing to change their ways.
Seven cases, including lawsuits against the lending arms of General Motors and Nissan, have settled by agreeing to change policies, Mr. Terry said.
Plus, Obama gave way on entitlements by agreeing to change the cost-of-living adjustments on Social Security.
In 2002, for example, 17percentt of companies receiving shareholder proposals on corporate governance issues responded by agreeing to change their practices, according to the Investor Responsibility Research Center.
And last week, while the gun producer Smith & Wesson averted some legal woes by agreeing to change some product designs and business practices to settle some lawsuits, the prospect of that option for tobacco companies ranges from remote to nonexistent.
Aetna, the nation's biggest managed-care insurer, settled a lawsuit in Texas by agreeing to change several practices that doctors and consumer advocates had portrayed as undermining patient care, like rewarding physicians who stayed within cost limits.
Aetna, the nation's largest managed-care insurer, settled a lawsuit in Texas yesterday by agreeing to change several practices that doctors and consumer advocates portrayed as undermining patient care, like rewarding physicians who stayed within cost limits.
The reason she's wearing her uniform this time is because the Army came through for her earlier this year by agreeing to change her name on a crucial military identification form known as a DD-214.
The meeting of the C.B.I. director was not improper, but sharing the report and agreeing to changes suggested by him was a grievous impropriety.
International election observers, however, say privately that they believe the government is manipulating them by agreeing to make changes that are more cosmetic than real.
