While Meg Whitman deserves credit for growing E-bay, that growth was partly the result of exporting tens of thousands of software jobs to Asia. She also “standardized” the 70 hour work-week for many salaried employees at E-bay.

During these periods, both companies had effective tax rates in the low single digits (which they still enjoy). They are re-investing much of their profits in high growth economies like China, Brazil… . These companies got great ROI from America but it did not get good ROI from them. In contrast, look at Warren Buffet who just spent billions on an American rail company! HE deserves to be President or at least an advisor to one.

The myth of big corporations being engines of national growth and prosperity needs to end before it hollows out our country.