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
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