NUMBER OF POVERTY STRIKEN PEOPLE IN SOUTH FLORIDA RISES AMID ECONOMIC BOOM

Ok, what's wrong with that headline? The economic boom could be in the minimum wage jobs, perhaps? And I'm here to tell you.... living on a minimum wage here in South Florida is next to impossible. Housing costs are astronomical, insurance rates are over the top, electricity bills have risen due to prior hurricanes, gas prices are high. I'm sick of hearing how the economy is booming. For who? Here's for who...

The reason for the disparity has not been determined, but one theory is that high-income residents may have been the primary beneficiaries of the economic upturn

By Bill Hirschman
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted August 31 2006


Nearly 50,000 more South Floridians were living in poverty in 2005 than in 2004, despite state unemployment rates and job creation that are the envy of the rest of the country.

Even adjusting for growth in the population, the actual percentage of people living in poverty increased slightly in South Florida counties and the rest of the state, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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