We were facing the sort of never-ending delay that would have provoked universal apoplexy back home in London.

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At the risk of being repetitive: Tesla has always made its DOE payments on time and has never asked to delay repayment ever.

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The delay has never been fully explained, but many believe that during that time the FDA was negotiating with Vioxx's maker, Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ).

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That never would have happened if Tom DeLay were fully engaged, but the acting majority leader, Roy Blunt of Missouri, who did a very impressive job getting the votes for the spending cuts, was just not able to see this coming, got blindsided by it, and that simply wouldn't have happened if DeLay were fully in the saddle.

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Some workers as a result with mostly intellectual jobs may delay retirement well into their 70s, which could never be imposed politically otherwise.

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The incentives, if you know you are going to be sued, are to deny or hide the papers or obfuscate or delay and that doesn't help safety because we never learn from it.

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As a result, millions of workers with less physically taxing jobs would choose on their own to delay their retirement well into their 70s, a result that could never be imposed politically.

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