gary lawrence murphy wrote r r a hettinga rah shipwright com writes r at NUMBER NUMBER pm NUMBER on NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER mr fork wrote free trade and free markets have proven their ability to lift whole societies out of poverty i m not a socio political history buff does anybody have some clear examples r you re probably living in one or you wouldn t be able to post r here cool i wasn t aware that the us had lifted it s population out of poverty when did this happen i wonder where the media gets the idea that the wealth gap is widening and deepening i wasn t aware that there was anyone who could use the words free trade about the united states and keep a straight face owen 