But I thought that if regulators demanded that traders put more of their own money at risk, they would be less motivated to drive up prices.

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Joe Lieberman (I-CT) last year demanded that the public option be stripped from the health care bill before he would vote for it.

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The most conspiratorial explanation I can think of it is that Apple paid for the desk shot and demanded to see 11 of its products within the space of a few seconds.

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However, the chatter and babble that I had to endure at times resulted in me keeping a pair of chain saw ear-defenders to hand - I was able to don said ear-wear when I needed to have the peace and solitude that the complexity or quantity of work demanded.

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And so I think you've got to see the full picture, and I think public policy is really demanded here to come up with creative public policy solutions, to make sure that people have actually income to payback the loans that they have taken on.

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