I support corporate accountability, the rights of people to extract their fair share from revenues generated within the state, but I do not support 97. It is poorly written, short-sighted and upside down in it's means of achieving ends. It will be devastating to the state economy and working families. My liberal comrades who support this measure seem unconcerned and unable to address the hand-me-down costs to consumers that this measure will force. They seem unable to explain why they are willing to punish the most successful local companies in order to "pinch" the big corporations. Gross sales are not profits - an extremely important distinction. Many local companies that land just over the threshold will downsize (layoffs, service reductions, etc.) in order to be free of the tax. That means jobs. That means income tax revenue declines. That means more people drawing on the system to survive. How the heck is that good for Oregon or it's schools?