“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."

Were it that easy to simply pass on the increase, the corporations wouldn't bother to oppose the measure. The fact that they pouring in money, put's the lie to your claim. Absent monopoly power(or collusion of some kind) corporations passing on tax increases is simply a myth. You've provided no proof that this proposed tax is regressive. Providing a defnition of 'regressive tax' is not proof.
The only "cruelty" here is your torturing of logic.

I see you don't even bother to defend your bogus sales tax proposal.  Good, we agree on something.