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<Airline deregulation>

<Airline deregulation>

As the above example illustrates, the free market has the effect of giving great wealth to the poor.  Someone can have no money, or lose all his money, and yet live nearly as well as the wealthiest man in the nation -- '''''if''''' the free market exists to drive down prices and provide equal opportunity.  <expand further> But if the free market does not exist, then the poor may go hungry and otherwise suffer, because prices are too high and opportunities too limited for him to do as well.

As the above example illustrates, the free market has the effect of giving great wealth to the poor.  Someone can have no money, or lose all his money, and yet if he tries then he can live nearly as well as the wealthiest man in the nation -- '''''if''''' the free market exists to drive down prices and provide equal opportunity.  The poor can enjoy the public parks and cheap land in rural areas rather than be confined in the traffic-congested and polluted cities where most of the rich are.  The poor can benefit from the low prices for food and travel caused by the free market. But if the free market does not exist -- as in many countries of the world -- then the poor may go hungry and otherwise suffer, because prices are too high and opportunities are too limited for him to do as well.

<free market and politics and campaign finance>

<free market and politics and campaign finance>