What $9 Million for the West-Klein Race Could Have Bought
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| Allen West raised $5.5 million to win the race. |
Was it worth it? You decide. Meanwhile, here are a few other ways that kind of dough could have been spent:
1. Help plug the hole in the state's broken unemployment-compensation fund. We've already borrowed $600 million from the feds to keep up with bills.
2. Provide health insurance to some of the approximately 800,000 children in Florida without that essential coverage.
3. Make a dent in the Broward County School District's budget shortfall, which hovers around $130 million.
5. Fund more stimulus projects to put Floridians to work and lower the staggering 11.9 percent unemployment rate.
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