the reciever's power is self potentiating, the harder you push the harder he is capible of pushing back, initially it seems only just enough, push harder it still is "just enough" to deflect whatever is being put out.
as for hard pressed, yes, but that's a different hard pressed, in that case, its all about the benjamin's--got enough of them coming in and people will start to think differently.
in the end its just business--understanding business is knowing why you first waste your punches before you take it a step further.