We can, and will, argue until election day (and after) about how much the consumer will feel the effects of M97. All that aside, never lose sight of the massive, unprecedented size of this tax increase. It allows the state to increase spending by a third. Even though there are plenty of other reasons to reject M97, this unheard-of expansion of state government should horrify us all. And don't think the war the unions declared on big business will end with this election. The divisiveness M97 has generated will be felt for years.