# debt amounts and other stuff

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**Created:** [March 22, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-amounts-and-other-stuff/653680 "2013-03-22T17:50:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-amounts-and-other-stuff/653680/131 "2013-03-22T23:39:37Z")

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> [@Did Obama add 6 trillion to the deficit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-obama-add-6-trillion-to-the-deficit/610266/56):
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> In a nutshell, Obama chose/sided/agreed with/liked/decided to go with Summers instead of Volcker.
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> [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-06/volcker-sidelined-as-obama-reshapes-economic-panel-for-business-outreach.html](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-06/volcker-sidelined-as-obama-reshapes-economic-panel-for-business-outreach.html)
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> Another was that for [PERAB](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Recovery_Advisory_Board) they decided to do irrelevant things (in my opinion, of course) as per:
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> /\* what I meant is tasks outlined above are not really economic policy things typically expected from the government in times of crisis

I would just like to point out that when we raise expenses on business/corporations, they pass the increased expense down to the consumers.

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