Austin, Texas Area 9 Largest Non-Oil & Gas Companies Total Pretax Income in Obama's Last Two Years in Office (2016 and 2015) Increased By a Very Robust Average of 25% Per Year From That in the Two Preceding Years (2015 and 2014) ....................................................................................

Then in 2017, Trump's First Year in Office, These Same 9 Austin Area Non-Oil & Gas Cos Generated Audited Total Pretax Income Which Declined By 3%  From That in 2016.  

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From a review of US SEC filings, there were 9 Non-Oil & Gas Companies headquartered in the Austin, Texas Area with stock market caps of more than $1 Bil recently.

Nearly all Republicans, a high percentage of Independents and even many perceptive Democrats all agree as a starting point that for US capitalism to work properly, Companies must generate in the aggregate reasonably healthy profits.  This just didn't happen in 2017 for Austin, Texas Area Companies.

It’s clear to me why Obama is now respected by more than a few Austin, Texas Area financially savvy citizens.

My Focus is on Pretax Income Rather Than on After-Tax Net Income Because Income Taxes are Simply a Transfer of Financial Wealth Between US Corporations and the US Federal, US State and Foreign Governments.  It Has Nothing Whatsoever to do with Company Operating Performance.

From a review of SEC filings, the chart below shows the Audited Gold-Standard US GAAP Pretax Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations for the Fiscal Years Ended 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014 for these 9 Austin, Texas Non-Oil & Gas Companies with stock market caps above $1 bil recently.

				Year	Year	Year	Year
				2017	2016	2015	2014
				Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited
				Pretax	Pretax	Pretax	Pretax
				Income	Income	Income	Income
				(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
				From	From	From	From
Austin, Texas Area Non-Oil & Gas Companies	City	State	2017	Continuing	Continuing	Continuing	Continuing
Stock Market Caps Above $1 Bil	HQs	HQs	FYE	Operations	Operations	Operations	Operations
				$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Cirrus Logic	Austin	TX	Mar 18	265	315	176	92
National Instruments	Austin	TX	Dec 17	147	115	131	144
National Western Life Group	Austin	TX	Dec 17	145	153	147	158
Summit Hotel Properties	Austin	TX	Dec 17	101	107	126	21
Silicon Labs	Austin	TX	Dec 17	77	64	30	49
American Campus Communities	Austin	TX	Dec 17	71	102	119	63
Luminex	Austin	TX	Dec 17	37	20	33	28
SailPoint Technologies	Austin	TX	Dec 17	(5)	(5)	(13)	N/A
Q2 Holdings	Austin	TX	Dec 17	(26)	(36)	(25)	(20)
Total all 9 Austin Area Non-Oil & Gas Cos				812	835	724	535
Trump's First Year 2017
….. Net Income % Decrease 2017 vs 2016				-3%
Obama's Last Two Years 2016 and 2015
….. Net Income % Increase 2016 vs 2015				15%
….. Net Income % Increase 2015 vs 2014				35%
….. Net Income Average Per Year % Increase 2016 and 2015				25%