Measure 97 does stabilize revenue as well as modernizing Oregon's rickety and dysfunctional tax structure. If the companies that take in more than $25 million a year "slim down or depart," yes, that would have an impact. But if those companies--the upper part of the upper 1%--start collapsing or "departing" we will be in an emergency economic situation that goes way beyond these tax revenues. You can't write a tax bill that would prevent a global financial failure.  

I hope that people will look into Measure 97 carefully. It's not just the only plan on the table that will stave off a serious financial crisis for Oregon, it is also a carefully written and prudent stabilization of our tax system and a great structure for going forward into the growth that is inevitably coming our way. Doing nothing is not a responsible alternative.