Meg Whitman

This past summer I had the pleasure of attending a gathering in OC for Meg Whitman.

"Restoring California will not be easy. It will take time to uproot old habits … old ways of thinking … and old ways of doing business. But do it we can, and do it we must, because we all love California too much to let it fail."
– Meg Whitman

Meg on Creating Jobs

“If I’m elected, I will look at everything through this lens: Does it help create more and better-paying jobs for Californians?”
“If we’re going to find our way out of the economic mess we’re in, California has to start creating jobs again.”

“My number one goal as governor will be to help the private sector create at least two million jobs for Californians by 2015.”

“Inefficient, unnecessary regulation is an insidious job killer. The time and money spent by businesses applying for redundant permits and complying with conflicting regulations is time and money not spent creating jobs.”

“If we don’t get the economic engine going again here – if we are no longer the very best state in which to start and grow a business – there is no way out of this financial challenge.”
“I think maybe it is about time for a Governor who’s created jobs, who's managed a budget, who's led and inspired large organizations, who listens well and who can drive an agenda.”
Meg on Cutting Spending

“At a time when businesses and families are drastically cutting budgets, Sacramento must do the same.” “California’s government spending has grown by 80 percent during the past 10 years, while our bureaucracy has increased by 28 percent. Do you feel like our state is 80 percent better? Of course it isn’t.”

“Continuously raising taxes and fees to pay for more spending is unsustainable. For business, higher taxes mean less money for payroll and research and development. For average Californians, it means less savings, more borrowing and more hardship.”
“Californians can no longer afford the government they have. I will give them the government they deserve.”

“The budget is being balanced on the backs of middle-class families that are already stretched to the limit.”

“Being CEO of the state is not a popularity contest. In the real world, business leaders cut expenses until the company is healthy again.”

Meg on Improving Education

“If we don’t rededicate ourselves to education with the same attitude Americans have applied to going to the moon and fighting wars, the results will be profound. We will gradually lose our successful workforce. Our ability to innovate and create the next generation of companies and jobs in California – to create the next eBay, the next Google, the next Genentech – will diminish. And we will wake up one day in a second-rate state.”

“We would never have allowed our military to decline the way we’ve allowed education to decline during the past 30 years. We need to start treating education like the national security priority it really is.”

“As a CEO, I saw firsthand how valuable a trained, well-educated work force is. eBay was built on the best intellectual capital. But at the rate we’re going, that capital won’t be around for the next eBay or for the company you’re building today.”

“We’re denying children of every race, creed and gender a chance for personal and professional achievement. And, in the process, we are damaging our state and our country.”

Meg on Second Amendment Rights
“I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and our clear constitutional right to keep and bear arms. I believe current gun laws need to be enforced but we do not need any new restrictions on gun owners. Second Amendment rights must be rigorously protected.”

Paul Rodriguez also spoke about a critical issue, WATER. When I first heard about his efforts, was through the OC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Legislative meeting.

I applaud Paul for his leadership role. Water affects us all and we can all take part in conserving this precious resource.

To the right, is Joel Ayala, CEO/President of the CHCC.

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