http://thefederalist.com/2015/06/10/marco-rubio-is-you-america/ Marco Rubio Is You, America!
The New York Times inadvertently outs him as an average American. But will it matter in 2016?
By David Harsanyi
June 10, 2015
Marco Rubio bought a bunch of stuff he probably couldn’t afford. Welcome to America.
So The New York Times has pulled together another hit piece. This one insinuating that Rubio —who the newspaper evidently believes is the GOP frontrunner—is both a reckless spendthrift and financial failure.
The story, either clumsily—or, more likely, deliberately— confuses off-shore fishing boats with “luxury speedboats” and pickup trucks with SUVs to render a distasteful account of Rubio’s financial life. But what we really learned is that, though Rubio is not great with money, the Florida senator has relatively modest desires, considering his fame. The features the kinds of struggles that middle-class voters often face when juggling bills, family, and their investments.
Rubio, the Times tells us, made a series decisions over the past 15 years “that experts called imprudent.” (Can you imagine an expert auditing all the fiscal decisions you’ve ever made?) Rubio stacked up “significant” debts before making serious money and he “splurged” on “extravagant” purchases after securing his $800,000 advance on his book. The man has a “penchant” to spend heavily on “luxury items” like a boat in Florida and he also leased a 2015 Audi Q7.
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