To your first point, please see the lead editorial in today's Sun. Realizing that intentions are all that matter to liberals, reflect on the fact that results matter to conservatives. There is no evidence that significantly expanding the Medicaid system will improve healthcare, rather it will encourage people and companies to rely on the system when self pay could be achieved. Rick Scott does not oppose Medicaid, but rather reckless expansion of the system that now accounts for nearly a third of the Florida State budget.

On your second point, I agree fully. FPU is essential to the future of Florida and the University of Miami model, the same as the MIT model, may be an excellent way to go, but this is an ongoing, decades long process and will not help today.

The idea of cutting the toll road budget is a non-starter. There is no budget to cut. The toll roads are self funding. Here is an example from The Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority: https://www.oocea.com/Portals/0/Fisc...raft%202_1.pdf

Ongoing expenses, maintenance, expansion and improvement are funded by tolls. The same is true of the Florida Turnpike. Here's a list of Florida's toll roads and bridges. Florida Toll Roads and Bridge Tolls at TollFinder.com They are self-sustaining. A new 17 mile toll road is now approved for the Jacksonville area. The go-ahead did not happen until after a Florida DOT study showed that it would be self-sustaining. The Central Polk Parkway has not been approved since the FDOT study does not support it at this time.