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People pretty much expect to be taken care of no matter what is wrong with them, and once they get their "insurance" card the hemorrhoid sufferers generally will not defer to congestive heart failure, for example, so the Oregon plan has a fatal flaw; the most basic flaw of all--human nature.
Second, a substantial portion of Standard A is entered into the Postal Service near its destination, in which case the opportunity to defer is limited.
Furthermore, investors can choose whether to participate in the buyback or to hold onto their shares and defer taxes completely.
When it came to executive-branch appointments, Hatch was adamant that the Senate defer to the president's choices.
Now, just because the Indonesian government is against higher labor standards doesn't mean either that the Indonesian people are against them or that we in the United States should simply defer to the wishes of other countries.