And, as yesterday's annual results showed, he has far more problems than one man could hope to handle.
If rural areas, the final beneficiaries of the policy, are not supported, urbanisation could accelerate, creating far more problems for the government.
During his research, Snyder discovered that there were far more problems in Washington Heights in the fifties than his parents' stories had led him to believe.
Yet, for Ms. Merkel, an overarching concern is that a disorderly exit by Greece from the euro zone could generate far more problems than it solves.
In the south, there are far more problems with overcrowding, and that's where the majority of households eligible for downsizing are situated.
"The mayor has by far more problems with Freddy Ferrer and Mark Green," one aide said, "but he thinks Alan Hevesi would be a really problematic mayor".
But questions of legal liability, privacy and insurance regulation have yet to be addressed, and an array of speakers suggested that such challenges might pose far more problems than the technological ones.
Officials of the commission have had far more problems from government harassment in past years, but the current panel has been criticized by opponents as being dominated by political appointees close to Mr. Karzai.
Plant managers and nuclear regulators are warned about far more problems each year than actually occur, but in this case, the cautionary note was eerily prescient and could rekindle debate over whether automatic venting systems are safer alternatives.
He sharply criticized an "apartheid economy" that was benefiting only the rich, and he bemoaned the state of affairs in a country with "far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies".
"Obviously, we have problems with people using gas caps to hold open the nozzle, but we have far more problems with people not monitoring the fueling," said Jennifer Mieth, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services.
