700 U.S. Companies are now located in Ireland employing 130,000, Their 12.5% Corporate tax rate is a major reason attributable to their profitability. A few you may recognize are Intel, Dell, Boston Scientific, Pfizer, Google, Hewlett Packard, Facebook, and Johnson & Johnson. Four years ago there were a few over 600 based in Ireland. So the profitability of many of our major American Corporations is attributable to shareholder accountability and a fiscal need to move their headquarters out of Obama's 35% Corporate tax coffin here in the USA. Ford investing billions in a plant in Mexico and Carrier moving also. These examples are just the tip of the iceberg. So many of these "record profits" were created by escaping from "under President Obama". Corporate America is a lot smarter than our Political Good Ole Boys Club, and will continue to do what is necessary to stay profitable.