Meg Whitman Quotes

• Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what’s happened I think we’re now in the dream-breaking business.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Business, Dream

  Tags in California, Happened

• Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go down, in government your variable costs go up: unemployment insurance, workmen’s compensation, health care benefits, welfare, you name it.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Business, Economy

  Tags in Government, Happen

• One good thing about California is we have quite a broad-based economy. We provide more fruits and vegetables and produce to the United States than any other state. So we have actually the single largest agricultural sector in the country.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Country, Economy

  Tags in Produce, California, Agriculture, Good

• And I want to be able to – you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Job

  Tags in California, Want

• You know, in a workplace, when you shrink the size of a workforce, there is pain there. But there is no question: we have a government that we can no longer afford.That is the cold, hard fact. So we have to make this more efficient. We have to sunset programs that no longer work. We have to eliminate waste and fraud. We must do this.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Government

• We can put our head in the sand and continue to lose jobs overseas and to other states, or we can say, ‘You know what? We are not going to lose another job from California, and we’re going to be the very best place to start and grow a business.’ So I’ll be the chief sales officer for California businesses.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Business, Job

  Tags in California

• Regulation is strangling businesses of all sizes in California, and we’ve got to streamline regulation so it’s easy, not hard, to do business.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Regulation, California

• I have run large organizations, I know what it takes to create a healthy business climate, and I have more experience than Jerry Brown doing that. So it’ll be a stark contrast, a career politician vs. someone who has met a payroll, gotten a return on investment, knows how to use technology to do more with less.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Business, Technology

  Tags in Organization

• I got to get the right people in the right job. Because a lot of costs can be taken out in the context of your administration without the legislature.For example, using technology to do more with less. Using technology to fight fraud. Reorganizing and streamlining can be done within the context of the administration.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Technology

• Because if you don’t have a great workforce, a great higher education system, you’re not going to have the next eBay, the next AmGen, the next, you know, Miasole, and not only California but America is going to fall behind a whole new competitive context which is obviously China, India, and other countries.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in America, Country, Education, Work

Meg Whitman (30)

Birth:	4th August, 1956
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businesswoman, Chief Executive Officer, Politician

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