I'm not off.  Oregon pulled 40% more money from her citizens and businesses since 2011.  It is 60% more than 2007.  The revenue numbers are public records.
Businesses felt like they were fighting for their lives to defeat 97.  The money they spent took money away from other things they had it slated for.  No business just has money laying around.  They use it to keep their businesses running.  Did you know the average profit margins for food wholesales is 1.13%, for new cars is 3.6%, for gas stations is 1.5%, for construction is .6%, for lumber is 1.5%?  And the public unions wanted a gross receipt tax of 2.5%.  This would have killed many Oregon businesses.  The public employee unions would have killed the host they were living off.  
The public employee unions were the biggest spenders to keep their puppets in office.  Businesses have to spend their money running their businesses.  Families have to spend their money running their households.  Unions spend money on politics.