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Rubio Dogged By Claims of Lavish Spending at GOP Expense
Newsmax ^ | 11/4/15 | Cathy Burke

Posted on 11/05/2015 4:14:18 AM PST by jimbo123

Sen. Marco Rubio's rise in the polls is drawing fresh scrutiny of credit card spending while serving in the Florida state House and a recent cashing-in of a retirement account.

The Tampa Bay Times reports Wednesday details about the lawmaker's spending while a state House member, which included repairs for his family minivan, first came up in his race for the U.S. Senate in 2010. But they've been dogging him most recently in his surging GOP presidential run, including at the third Republican debate in Colorado last week when he deflected questions about his finances, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Asked if has "the maturity and the wisdom to lead this $17 trillion economy," Rubio responded: "You just listed a litany of discredited attacks from Democrats and my political opponents, and I'm not gonna waste 60 seconds detailing them all."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: americanexpress; creditcardgate; deportmarcorubio; elections; rubio
Rubio needs to fess up and pay his back taxes and penalties on his "expenses" that were paid by the Florida GOP.
1 posted on 11/05/2015 4:14:18 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123

Poor fella couldn’t even afford to give money to the Clinton foundation.


2 posted on 11/05/2015 4:17:29 AM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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I had student loans. I only have one debt, the mortgage on the home

And a little dog named Checkers.

3 posted on 11/05/2015 4:19:07 AM PST by MUDDOG
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Now in hindsight I would have done it differently?
I thought I was listening to Hillary Clinton talking about her emails,of course they would have done it differently if they thought they would be caught,can’t we have a candidate that is not an ahole


4 posted on 11/05/2015 4:24:09 AM PST by ballplayer (hvexx NKK c bmytit II iyijjhihhiyyiyiyi it iyiiy II i hi jiihi ty yhiiyihiijhijjyjiyjiiijyuiiijihyii)
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To: jimbo123

Plenty enough material to oppose Rubio on but this isn’t one of them. Like Dave Ramsey says. ‘who hasn’t done stupid things with their money one time or another’?


5 posted on 11/05/2015 4:25:08 AM PST by tflabo (Psalm 1)
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Filing false reimbursement claims for 2005-2006 is very bad.


6 posted on 11/05/2015 4:28:12 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: MUDDOG
I can't believe anyone else remembers that speech by Nixon.

/johnny

7 posted on 11/05/2015 4:33:17 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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"The bottom line is, I obviously don't come from a wealthy family"

Even the cloth coat.

8 posted on 11/05/2015 4:41:04 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: jimbo123

No, Rubio is dogged by being a anti-American RINO.


9 posted on 11/05/2015 4:43:35 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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...but Rubio has a WONDERFUL LIFE STORY. Why should we care about those pesky ‘credit card’ expenses?


10 posted on 11/05/2015 4:43:37 AM PST by BobL ( (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: tflabo

Except this is potentially criminal.


11 posted on 11/05/2015 4:47:43 AM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: MUDDOG
I remember watching the LBJ speech live on TV with a bunch of friends from school. I was interested in politics even back then.

Texas apologizes for the LBJ fiasco. That boy could drink and drive...

/johnny

12 posted on 11/05/2015 4:47:50 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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It’s not about the “expenses”. It’s about the illegal “reimbursements.”


13 posted on 11/05/2015 5:33:28 AM PST by jimbo123
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Young Yeb! is a spendthrift. But then again he has a high maintenance wife


14 posted on 11/05/2015 5:49:57 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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