"The corporations sponsoring the anti-97 campaign don’t give a rats behind about the poor, elderly or disabled."  And that is precisely why they will pass the tax on.

"DEFINITION of 'Regressive Tax'. A tax that takes a larger percentage from low-income people than from high-income people. A regressive tax is generally a tax that is applied uniformly. This means that it hits lower-income individuals harder."

A tax on all groceries, gasoline, clothing, medicine, etc. sold by the mega-corporations and passed on by them  is a much larger proportion of the disposable income of the TANF recipient or the Social Security recipient or those on Disability than it is on Phil Knight or Governor Brown or City Manager Ruiz or the Superintendent of 4J Schools.

The 97 tax has all the disadvantages of a regressive sales tax without even a single exemption for the necessities of life.

To ignore that fact is disingenuous at best and cruelty at worst.