Tampa/St Pete, Florida Area Companies Total Pretax Income in Obama's Last Two Years in Office (2016 and 2015) Increased By a Very Robust Average of 26% Per Year From That in the Two Preceding Years (2015 and 2014) ....................................................................................

Then in 2017, Trump's First Year in Office, These Same Tampa/St Pete Area Cos Generated Audited Total Pretax Income Which Increased By 1%  From That in 2016.  

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From a review of US SEC filings, there were 8 Companies headquartered in the Tampa/St Pete Area with stock market caps of more than $1 Bil recently.

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 8 Tampa/St Pete 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
Tampa/St Pete, Florida Areas 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
Raymond James Financial	St. Petersburg	FL	Sep 17	928	812	815	716
WellCare Health Plans	Tampa	FL	Dec 17	462	530	336	178
Tech Data	Clearwater	FL	Jan 18	299	257	382	239
Jabil	St. Petersburg	FL	Aug 17	256	387	432	72
Masonite Intl	Tampa	FL	Dec 17	130	127	(28)	(29)
Bloomin Brands	Tampa	FL	Dec 17	119	56	171	120
Welbilt	New Port Richey	FL	Dec 17	119	105	196	186
Sykes Enterprises	Tampa	FL	Dec 17	81	89	90	77
Total all 8 Tampa/St Pete Area Cos				2,394	2,363	2,394	1,559
Trump's First Year 2017
….. Net Income % Increase 2017 vs 2016				1%
Obama's Last Two Years 2016 and 2015
….. Net Income % Decrease 2016 vs 2015				-1%
….. Net Income % Increase 2015 vs 2014				54%
….. Net Income Average Per Year  % Increase 2016 and 2015				26%