Florida is now the most expensive state in the US to live due to the cost of rent. www.cbsnews.com

But that is the point of republican policies, to make it so unaffordable, the icky lower middle class won't infest the gated communities.

The wealth discrepancy in the US is why the nation is in the s**t state it is today. The wealthy have corrupted the tax laws to allow them to amass 95% of the wealth in the top 1% of people in the US. That is why the average americans cannot afford college, rent, food, clothing, etc.

That is not a bug in the american system. It's a feature. Keep the population just poor enough to stoke anger, but not so poor as to overturn the apple cart.

The GQP use social issues to stoke fear to keep them in power. This is one of the issues.

"The average personal income in the United States is about $54,000. But that number is significantly bumped up by the small number of people who make significantly more. The median personal income, on the other hand, is just under $36,000. This means that more than half of people in the US make less than $36,000, a significant drop from the $54,000 average. This difference is even more pronounced when you look at wealth. The median net worth of US households is $121,700, yet the average net worth is a whopping $748,800. "

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