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7 anity plates express identity oìntncntuTy2-2005____ ________ ^ lackamasp ^^ b Piazzisi ¡Clackamas Print ■People like to stand out in a |wd. whether by doing their Bup a certain way, the choice [clothes they wear, or in their Bnality. No one wants to be Bke someone else. Sure they ■want to have aspects others ■ but they want to be their Berson. ■lot of people do it in dif- B ways. This individualism liven spread onto our license Btes. You can see anything Ini people’s names to funny Bents to some not-so-funny Bnents. I think that having bese custom plates is a good fcng as long as it’s kept tasteful. Bs you and your car aside Bevery other car that is on ■id. Bving a custom plate also B people’s attention to your Bgiving them something to ■during rush hour traffic, Bmething to think about as Ijlsee it. Most people have no Jealwhat you mean by your cus- Inllate, so they contemplate it. Angela Gerhart Clackamas Print Vanity license plates are used to draw attention to a car and show individuality. Some people even get tricky and make backward messages. Like “T1 3VOM” which says MOVE [a/-A1art: cheap goods, gh cost to society annon Armstead ¡Clackamas Print Bal-Mart is one of the most profitable Banies in America, making its way onto Bp of the Forbes 500 “most admirable Banies,” but its real worth to our society Bestionable. While Wal-Mart continues Kin enormous profit through marketing neap goods that may boost our economy, Bperstore destroys American ideals for Biterprise. Bal-Mart has its benefits; it’s a huge store ■provides for almost every household ■besides fresh food, with highly com- Bve prices. It is no wonder Wal-Mart is Bing so quickly; they have what people Bor less money. Bow they can ■rd to sell what ■Ss to be more for Iss | troubling. ■Wal-Mart moves »ward in our soci- tty In the name of Blism, yet in By the company Boris die totali- Bi governments Be countries it Biases from, pd leads the indus- Bend of wring- bglout more and nore labor for less. VallMart purchases heir goods in large ■modifies and bporis goods from Bnunist coun ts like China. Be importing Bs from these Bries, Wal-Mart Blds the social- Bveniments that KLACKAMASprint ■9600 S. Molalla Ave. Dregon City, OR 97045 1503) 657-6958 ex. 2309 ■The C lackamas Print is a weekly I student publication and is Bstributed every Wednesday except finals week. car. If a car has someone ’s name on it they are mainly saying “look at me, I’m_____ 2,” which isn’t IT in your rear view mirror. Each plate gives you an idea of what kind of person drives the pay only enough for daily living of work ers. This also puts American manufacturing industries out of work. Another reason Wal-Mart is able to pro vide for their low prices is because of the low wages and lack of benefits they offer employ ees. Wal-Mart may create needed jobs, but not the kind that society really wants. Employees are offered benefits such as health insurance, but at a cost to their already low paycheck Most employees are held to part-time work so that the company does not have to pay any benefits. With these conditions, no employee can afford to work at Wal-Mart for long without a promotion, which is undoubtedly the reason for an employee turnover rate of nearly 100 percent every year. Americans enjoy the convenience of everything they want in one place for low prices' yet the unseen cost is a lower stan dard of living for Americans and brutal labor con ditions for work ers in other coun tries. Wal-Mart needs to take a new approach to mak ing their way into the Forbes 500, and Americans should be aware that Wal-Mart does not sup port the capital istic ideas that our country was founded on, but props up totalitar ian governments and endangers American . free Illustration by Joel Gaynor enterprise. necessarily smart if you have any enemies. Then there are those who have their name and then a number. Over in my neighbor hood there is a guy that has Sam 1, Sam 2, Sam 3 on up to 6. This tells me he’s all about money, by showing people which car he’s driving today. There are also some more meaningful plates, with people’s nicknames, their car’s nickname or other message. People with a plate like the T1 3V0M obvious ly drive fast and like to tailgate. While others with “CLOC ME” like to upset traffic cops. Then of course you have the high-end sports cars with messages like “C — YAA” on a Porsche or “SHS FST” for she’s fast on a Toyota Supra! I even have one of these cus tom plates on my car. Oregon only allows 6 characters to be placed on a plate. So keep this in mind if you are wanting to get your own. Remember not to upset people with your plate because you may get keyed in a parking lot, or worse could hap pen with things like road rage. So keep them tasteful, and make them your own. Letters to the editor New insights on social securitD Thank you for touching on Social Security Reform in your February 23rd article. However, I was annoyed drat neither of the two [editors] wrote about a very simple, and for most Americans, pain-free solution to any social security problem, present or future. The solution is changing the regressive nature of the present system. Here is a brief example to help people understand: Dudley makes $45,000 a year; under the present system, he pays $2,790 a year in payroll taxes (social security). Donna makes $90,000 a year, she pays $5,580 a year in payroll taxes (exactly double what good ‘ol Dudley pays).Jaime makes a whopping $180,000 a year. Any guesses how much he pays in payroll taxes? Answer: $5,580 (the same amount Donna pays). The problem becomes even more clear with Janet; she make $1,000,000 a year, and like Jaime and Donna, pays exactly $5,580 in payroll taxes. Social Security is set-up so that anyone who makes $90,000 a year or more is treated as if they were only making $90,000 when it comes time to pay payroll taxes. Were we to remove the $90,000 ceiling that is currently shielding the rich from pay ing their fair share, ALL social security solvency problems would evaporate overnight. As I said, this would be completely painless for the average American, who makes about $43,000 (U.S. Census, 2003). So what is keeping this unfair tax system in place? Ask your millionaire congressional representatives the next time you see them. Shad Downey, CCC student Creel El view on war skewed “WTF?” is right! When will people like Mr. Creel wise up? Being wrong is not Every person who saw the intelligence on Iraq agreed that they had WMDs. Blamingj George Bush for acting upon the world’s intelligence is absurd, if the intel was correct and Bush did nothing, Creel would be bashing him for letting Hussein continue his reign of terror. Those who oppose Bush all sing the same, tired song. Mr. Creel would like us all to believe that Bush somehow manipulated the world’s intel, that the terrorists are not in Iraq, and that the American troops are the ones causing the chaos. This simply is not true. The car bombs and beheadings are a pretty clear indication of where the terrorists are, and the facts are that out of the 50,000 prisoners of the war on terror, there have been only 300 “allegations” of misconduct by our troops. Compare that to theatrocities suf fered by the Iraqi people under the previous regime. Mr. Creel did get one thing right. We are now alienated by those counties who were in bed with Saddam. I find this article’s timing to be interesting. What better way to take attention away from the successful Iraqi elections than to play the “deception” card again. Facts aren’t important to Mr. Creel, and why should they be? As long as there are ; plenty of those incapable of forming an opinion based on fact and reason, there will be accepting arms for such cheap propaganda. Jon Stogsdill, CCC student Arguello, Stephen Bostwick, Myque Obiero, Gregg Radspinner, Ryan Richards, Monica Gizowski, Madeleine Cassie Mathieson, Joe Piazzisi, Atwood Amanda Polopolus, Jacob Ray, Jadon Triplett, Katie Wilson, Laura P hotographers : Brie Daykin, Armstead Angela Gerhart, Stephen Hayes Cameron, Christa Danielson, F eature E ditor : Karlin Johnson S ports C o -E dttors : Mike McCormack Jeremy Freid, Mike Guidice, Jason D epartment A dvisor : Linda Vogt D epartment A ssistant : Pat Lichen Pirtle, Amy Sandell, Kyle Slate, & Jeff Sorensen Elizabeth Tobey, Norma Martinez A&E E ditor : Hilliary Ferguson P roduction A ssistants : Jesse P hoto E ditor : Joel Gaynor E ditor - in -C hief : Isaiah Creel C opy E ditor : James Tombe N ews E ditor : Ben Maras C ommentary E ditor : Shannon • A d M anager : Ben Holm D esign E ditor : Michaele Cooper S taff W riters : Frank Jordan, G oals : The C lackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased, professional manner. 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