As I explained in my last two posts, government assistance programs have not only supported more people but become more generous, thanks to changes in benefit rules since 2007.
Despite Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's ample use of the bully pulpit to promote his environmental agenda — and a raft of policy changes, generous incentive programs and celebrity-studded public announcements urging New Yorkers to "go green" — only a few homeowners in the city have slapped those shiny blue panels on their roofs.
If the Kosovars now get truly generous treatment, the change will be plain.
He also worries that his generous benefits could change in the future, which has happened to other blue-collar retirees.
"Mark's generous gift will change lives and inspire others in Silicon Valley and around the globe to give back and make the world a better place," said Emmett D. Carson, chief executive of the foundation.
If Mr. Obama enters the room to the sounds of "Think" by Aretha Franklin and the roar of people coming to their feet, clapping and jostling for photographs, it is only moments before the atmosphere turns from campaign rally to college seminar, when he talks, for example, about the need for a "common sense, nonideological, practical-minded, generous agenda for change in this country".
Some foundations are going so far as to trust teenagers with a generous chunk of change to donate.
We ran the same analysis for the rejection threshold and again found that punishment of those who were not generous increased with change in T levels (total T: β = .27, p = 0.007; free T: β = .03, p = 0.076; DHT: β = 0.017, p = 0.009, N = 88).
Other possibilities include cutting the number of aircraft carriers to 10 from 11 — the United States still has more than any other country — as well as increased fees for the military's generous health care system, changes in military retirement, base closings around the country and delayed maintenance on ships and buildings.
