T h e P ortland O bserver • N ovember 2, 1994
P age A5
Crime Bill To Take Big Bite
Out of Public’s Wallet
T he c rim e bill sig n ed into
law by P re sid e n t C lin to n on S e p
tem b er 13 w ill lik ely tak e a b ig
ger b ite o u t o f the p u b lic ’s w allet
in the form o f e x p e n siv e pork-
barrel p rogram s than out o f crim e,
acco rd in g to the latest T a lk in g
P o in ts on the E conom y card is
sued by T he N atio n al C e n te r for
P u b lic P o licy R esearch.
T he ju s t re le a se d T a lk in g
Point card, "T he C rim e Bill: T a k
ing a Bite O ut o f Y our W allet,
N ot O ut o f C rim e ,” lists four e x
am p les o f pork in clu d ed in the
crim e bill. A m ong them , a $5
m illio n p ro g ram for the “p re v e n
tion, d ia g n o sis and tre a tm e n t o f
tu b e rc u lo sis in c o rre c tio n a l fa
c ilitie s .” It is not know n how
m uch o f a p ro b lem tu b e rc u lo sis
is in the p riso n system nor, for
th at m atter, how th is p ro g ram
could p o ssib ly im pact crim e rates
outside p riso n fa c ilitie s. T he card
a lso c ite s a $243 m illio n the
“Fam ily and C o m m u n ity E n d eav
or S ch o o ls (F A C E S )’’ p ro g ram ,
w hich w ill p ro v id e g ran ts to c o m
m u n ity -b a se d o rg a n iz a tio n s for
sp o rts, a rts and c ra fts, so c ia l a c
tiv itie s and d a n c e p ro g ram s.
“ In a d d itio n to fu n d in g e x
pensiv e p o rk p ro g ram s, the crim e
bill e sta b lish e s a new d e fin itio n
o f liv e sto c k , re q u ire s p ro d u cts
sold w ith the "M ade in the U S A ’
label to have a c e rta in m inim um
d o m estic c o n te n t and in creases
p e n a ltie s fo r se llin g a C o n g re s
sio n a l M edal o f H o n o r,” said
Sco tt H o d g e, a H eritag e F o u n d a
tion p o licy a n a ly st w ho has w rit
ten sev eral a n a ly se s o f the C rim e
B ill. “T h ese m easu res w ill do
noth in g to m ake our stre e ts sa f
er. W h a t’s w orse is that the pork
w ill rob the A m erican p u b lic of
th e ir h a rd -e a rn e d d o lla rs. Y es,
th e P re s id e n t g o t h is “C rim e
B ill,” bu, w hat we really needed
was an “A n ti-C rim e B ill.’”
“If social welfare spending were
the answ er to crime, the street cor
ners of A m erica’s cities would be far
and away the safest in the world.”
said Stephen Moore, Director o f Fis
cal Policy Studies at the CA TO Insti
tutes, who has also extensively ana
lyzed the Crime Bill. "Congress and
the President succeeded in defining
crime control in terms o f how much
W ashington is willing to throw at the
problem. That is a proven failure in
fighting every other social pathology
in America.”
T a lk in g P o in ts are a se rie s o f
p o c k e t-siz e d cards p u b lish e d to
p ro v id e jo u rn a lis ts , p o lic y m ak
ers and the p u blic w ith su c c in c t
E d H ickam
The American Party's Candidate
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om y -- from go v ern m en t sp e n d
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tax es to b o o n d o g g le s. T he c a rd s
are p u b lish e d re g u la rly to p ro
vide the p u b lic w ith the m ost up-
to -d a te , a c c u ra te in fo rm a tio n on
the econom y.
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It’s Tim e for a N ew Perspective:
• Education should be the
state's top priority. Let ’ s ask the
voters to dedicate all Lottery
proceeds to our public schools
and make the cuts needed to
provide stable school funding.
Educating our children should
never be compromised
• Criminal Justice should be
swift, firm and fair We can free
substantial prison space for vio
lent offenders if we place non
violent ones in boot camps or
under house arrest and make
them work and pay for their
crimes. Monitoring electronic
devices make a lot more sense
than paying for room, board and
color TV
• Budget Management has been
ignored for too long. We need to
examine in detail what govern
ment is doing Zero-based bud
geting and systematic perfor
mance audits will give citizens
and legislators an opportunity to
take a fresh look at what we ex
pect from our government.
• Jobs are being lost in O re
gon because governm ent has
beco m e too in tru s iv e . We
need to get all sides together
and adopt p o licies that will
em phasize both freedom and
re sp o n sib ility . If we could
trade 10,000 governm ent jobs
for 10.000 private ones, w e’d
solve our budget crisis.
Ed Hickam: The kind of Leadership Oregon Needs
HICKAM
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FOR GOVERNOR
Ron Wyden:
THE PEOPLE'S
CONGRESSMAN
“I've held over 560 Town
Hiill meetings in every part
of the district to listen to you
and to take your views back
to Washington, D.C. I'll
continue to keep that
commitment.”
Ron's fighting for our interests-
not special interests
Ron wrote the law that prevents insurance companies
from ripping off senior citizens.
Ron cracked down on violent crime with his Armed
Career Criminal Law.
Ron and Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse are battling
to permenentely stop logging in the Bull Run Watershed.
VOTE WYDE
FOR
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< CONGRESS
Everybody's an insider udtb Ed Hickam
Authorized by the HICKAM FOR GOVERNOR Committee
815 N.E. Hogan Road, Gresham. OR 97030
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Ballot Measure 26-13 has had
little exposure to the public and the
reason is obvious. When the public
finds out the real cost of this fiasco
they will resoundingly defeat it. Be
fore you vote on this issue you should
know all the facts and "all" the costs to
you. The actual cost figure you're con
v e n ie n tly
not
h earin g
is
$2,850,000,(XX) dollars. That’s bil
lions, not millions. Multnomah. Wash
ington, and Clackamas property tax
pay ers are g o in g to put up
$475,000,000, that’s just for starters.
Our Oregon Legislature has to fork up
another $475,000,000, guess who has
to pay that. If you’re “lucky” enough
to live in Vancouver, Washington
you' 11 be glad to hear that you’re Sales
Taxes and Motor Vehicle Excise tax
es will be increased by another
$475,000,000. On top of that, yes you
aren't going to get off that easy, you
are going to have to pay another
$ 1.400,000,000 in federal taxes to pay
off this boondoggle.
There are many, many questions
that need to be answered before you
vote on 26-13. Why arc some of the
voters in Multnomah, Washington, and
Clackamas counties not allowed to
vote on this ballot measure while "all
of Clark County voters in Washington
allowed to vote? Why are voters in a
special area located near Clackamas
Town Center excluded from paying
their share of these enormous property
taxes?
Boh Robinson
Can an American Party Candidate
for Governor Win in November?
Absolutely! The citizens of Oregon want honest and open
government. They are tired of the tricks and deceptions that
are used year after year to spend more and more money on
government, while the problems Just keep getting worse.
Ed Hickam believes the state’s two-party system is out of
touch with the ordinary citizens. He believes Oregonians want
a governor who is sensitive to the states social needs yet has
the kind of solid management experience that will clean up
the waste, duplication and inefficiency that the state's citizens
and businesses can no longer afford. Can he win? All of us
can win with Ed Hickam. He's a real choice for a change.
Little Davis-Bacon” Protects Workers
Measure 12, the repeal of “Little Davis-Bacon”; yes or no?
Most, not all, African-Ameri
can contractors in Portland, maybe
Oregon, will tell you that ’Little
Davis-Bacon' is racist and discrimi
natory. Racist, I don't think so! Dis
criminatory, I definitely agree! The
çeasons however that support dis
crimination contrarily refute the claim
of racism. ’Little Davis-Bacon’ dis
criminates against unscrupulous con
tractors whatever color, ethnic back
ground or sex they may be. The pur
pose of ’Little Davis-Bacon’ is to
protect the workers, by requiring their
employers on ‘certain’ construction
projects to pay them the ‘area stan
dard’ wage and benefit package of
the county where the work is being
done. Those ‘certain’ construction
projects are supported either wholly
or partially by state funds. Your tax
dollars. The ‘area standard’ being
either the predominant (50+%) wage
and benefit package of the county or
the average of the county wage and
benefit packages if no wage or bene
fit package is predominant (less than
50%). This is sometimes called ‘pre
vailing w age’. This prevailing wage
will be paid to workers regardless of
their color, race, or sex. This prevail
ing wage will be paid to workers
whether they are from Indonesia
(minimum wage $ 1.80), Mississippi,
New York, or Oregon. This prevail
ing wage will be paid to workers
regardless of whether the employer
is white, African-American, or fe
male. This prevailing wage will be
paid to workers regardless of wheth
er the employer is from JAKARTA
Natchez. Buffalo, or Beaverton. Ring
a bell?
Im ag in e your e m p lo y e r or
any em p lo y e r b ringing in so m e
one to rep la c e you on y o u r jo b
for less than the going rate. M a y
be at 80% or less o f y o u r c u rre n t
w age and benefit p ackage. L ook
at the e m p lo y e e s’ w ages c u rre n t
ly at Fred M eyer and S afew ay.
T h eir w ages and b e n e fits are less
but has yo u r g ro c e ry bill d e
creased . I d o n ’t th ink so. only the
q u ality o f your serv ice.
Their are many factors that ad
versely affect the African-American
and female contractors. If ‘Little
Davis-Bacon’ is one o f those factors,
then protecting the individual con
struction worker is not in the best
interest of the construction contrac
tor. Shall we vote yes on Measure 12
and add to the profits o f a few greedy
employers, lower the area standard
of living, lower the tax base, and lose
the ability of women and men to
acquire health care for their families
and/or pensions or vote No and con
tinue to allow workers a decent and
reasonable wage while making all
em ployers more responsible and
competitive?
Please Vole On Nov. 8th; Keith
Edwards, Electrician
Measure 20: The Equal Tax?
Paid for and authorized by the Wyden for Congress Committee
êiïter Z ô üie (SJditor
Ed Hickam is a respected businessman
who overcame a life of poverty to start a
successful muffler repair business. And in
15 years, he has taken Ed’s Mufflers
Unlimited, Inc., in Gresham to eight
locations doing more than $3 million in
annual gross sales. With his talent for
solving problems and motivating others to
success, he knows he can help Oregon, too.
“I decided to run for Governor when I
looked around and saw that there could be
only one outcome in a two-party election:
the same people ... doing the same old
thing ... with the same crowd ... time after
time after time. I want to give Oregon back
to the people.” — Ed Hickam
M easure 20-the Equal Tax-is a
bold tax reform plan that eliminates
all other taxes, fees, and assess
ments, including property and state
income taxes. It places a 2% charge
on every purchase of goods, raw
V O T IN G T A K E S P E A C E O N
N O V E M B E R 8T I1
materials, services, or other things of
value.
How Measure 20 Will Affect You
U nder M easure 20, p ro p e rty
and incom e taxes stop on D e
cem ber 31, 1994. Y o u ’ll truly
ow n your hom e, not be re n tin g it
from the tax assesso r. T he fruits
o f yo u r labor will not be su b je c t
to a state incom e tax. Y ou pay
tax on what you sp en d , not w hat
you make.
Representing
D istrict 18
in Salem .
Speaking up for
your concerns.
Making state
governm ent
work for you.
'It's been an honor to
rve you . I hope I can
ount on y o u r su p p o rt
on Nov. 8."
iep. M argaret Carter
R e-E lect
M argaret Carter
O ur
v o ic e
in
S a le m
Paid for by Friends of Margaret Carter Comm ittee, 2948 N E 10th Ave., Portland, OR 97212