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In the 1950's during the increasing tempo of the cold war between the US and USSR, Senator McCarthy stated "The Communists will have you digging though garbage for a living." He went on to conduct a witch hunt through all sectors of society. Many lives were ruined in the senate hearing committee on "Unamerican activities" on allegations and hearsay. The US invested heavily to bring on the collapse of the USSR and succeeded in 1989. Thereafter the US began an assault on social programs in the US in earnest and Canada followed suit later.

The End Poverty Campaign is an exercise in hypocricy as politicians who seem to agree in ending poverty actually create legislation that causes poverty. While they wring thier hands on issues of "off shore" poverty, they support and continue povery inducing legislation at home. Big business behind the government promotes policies like the $6.00/hr training wage, exclusion of those 19 and under from welfare eligibility, TILMA, federal/provincial clawbacks and destruction of social housing. It is time to serve all of them notice! Homeless unite!