I feel like the "clear ex ante timeline" is a big problem for us in the US. A prominent feature of US politics (and indeed culture) is constantly setting such targets and then chickening out and moving the target back as the time approaches. That in turn creates a sort of moral hazard where no one feels an urgency to meet deadlines because they know they'll be loosened up later.

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ben_w 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> A prominent feature of US politics (and indeed culture) is constantly setting such targets and then chickening out and moving the target back as the time approaches.

I'm not an American, so I want to check with this: this is normal for the broader culture? Not just Musk?

	▲	BrenBarn 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Musk is an extreme case but the general pattern is pretty common. See for instance rules passed in various jurisdictions to the effect of "a budget must be passed by date X", which then is circumvented via loopholes or changing the law so that deadline no longer applies.

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JumpCrisscross a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Hmm, maybe a carrot with liberalization? Tax benefits to the car companies come to mind. But I’m almost more of a fan of creating a monetary incentive for the lenders with the federal guarantees—if the liberalization gets delayed or derailed, they lose money.