A more practical worry is that reform might quickly be exploited by the very forces it is meant to constrain: rapacious local governments and developers.
But Mr Peña's volte-face appears to have been driven by a more practical worry: the size of the increase in VAT and other taxes required to replace payroll taxes renders the proposal "unrealistic", a senior official argues.
Yet still it's uncanny how often we let ourselves out of the Garden by worrying about something that, if it did happen, would quicken us into a response much more practical than worry.
I've found more practical things to worry about, like jaundice, SIDS and smotheration by cat.
On a more practical level, some worry that donors might bolt when their chosen dancer moves to another company or retires.
On a more practical level, Laporte worried that, by being taken over by a Canadian company, St-Hubert may be exposed to the hungry rumblings of an American multinational, salivating at the prospect of acquiring all that chicken for the equivalent of 70 cents on the dollar.
Weakened financial institutions, in turn, are not good at stoking economic growth..Other worries are more practical.
Electric bikes make commuting more practical – and fun – by easing worry about hills, headwinds, fatigue and sweat.
