Measure 97 has been a tough one for me. I do believe we need more tax revenue in this state, and I do believe that big business needs to pay a much bigger chunk of the tax burden. I also get tired of the endless threats from big business to pass any new taxes on to customers. However, I am voting "no" for two reasons: 1) as a gross receipts tax, this will have a devastating impact on any companies that are barely profitable, and 2) the state really does need to fill in the PERS sinkhole at some point.  

Hopefully this will fail and the state will come back with some more reasonable profit-based tax measure in the near future.