AdvertisementWhen Buying A Home Is Too Costly And The Rent Is Too Damn HighDecember 10, 2013Gene DembyfacebookEmailJimmy McMillan ran for governor of New York state in 2010 as the candidate from the Rent is 2 Damn High party. (Party platform: The rent is too damn high!) The cost of renting a home is swallowing an ever larger portion of Americans' incomes. (AP)