Discussion: 5 Points On Marco Rubio's Troubled Financial History

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No one is calling out Rubio for not being a member of the ultra-wealthy 1% (i.e. to respond to Erick Erickson). The issue is for the voter: Can a man who cannot manage his own household finances be trusted to effectively run government?

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Isn’t this a typical Florida financial story?

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In Rubio’s defense, what’s the point of living in FL if you don’t have an expensive speed boat?

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Oppo research probably has little to do with this story. A couple of reporters with google could find virtually all of it in the Miami or Tampa Bay papers at some point. It’s distressing in a candidate for president but not unknown in Florida.

Marco Rubio: All hat, no cattle.

Does anyone have links to old reports of the ridiculously high deduction Rubio & his wife took for their ‘home office’ back when they had the ‘small house’ and were looking to move up? I recall they took a whopper deduction that should have flagged IRS scrutiny but lost the links.

He has been living high on others’ dimes for a spell now. Just another GOP con man.