What the hell is “careless” about buying a nice boat if you can afford it? If I could afford a sweet a*s 80 thousand dollar boat I would buy one. It’s his money, he spent a 10th of a book advance on a boat and that offends someone? F them. They’re probably jealous.
I saw it as an $800k book advance, where, after $400k goes to taxes, he has $400k left. So it’s 20% of a windfall going to a toy, but then he has to pay for the expenses associated with a boat. That was a big enough chunk of a one-time event that I consider it careless. There is a huge difference between spending 10% of your stable after-tax income on toys and spending 20% of a huge one-time event on toys that continue to generate hefty expenses. You are welcome to disagree.
In any case, a boat would not affect my vote on Rubio. If he took the right positions on my three big presidential issues (Amnesty, Obamacare, and guns), I’d still support him. As it is, regardless of his personal spending, I will absolutely oppose him because of his pro-Amnesty stance.