Where's 'business guy'?

The one positive thought I had Election Night was that at least we got a business guy in the White House, and I was sure as a "business guy," he had to understand numbers. Well, so much for that thought.

With the announcement that the president wants to increase the defense budget by $54 billion, this will bring U.S. defense spending to over $654 billion a year.

The country that comes closest to us in defense spending is China. They announced over the weekend that they will increase their defense spending by $9.7 billion to a total $145 billion.

This is lunacy, but then why am I surprised?

Jack Halpin

Arlington Heights