And what did he do with this windfall? He bought an $80,000 speedboat, & leased a $50,000 Audi Q7 SUV. In 2012 he got an advance of $800,000 on his autobiography. So the cash he received from the $68,000 would have been around $47,600.
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There is an automatic 20% income tax withholding from the monies, plus he was penalized 10% ($6,800) for an early withdrawal, & could possibly have owed additional taxes when he filed his return.
In 2015, Rubio withdrew $68,000 from his 401(k) account in order to replace some home appliances (refrigerator), pay his children’s college costs (he has four, the oldest was 15 at the time, so perhaps the money was needed for their private schools), & to raise funds for his White House run.
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I’ve seen Rubio on TV & must say he’s charming, but that doesn’t make up for stupid.
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I watched her at the first impeachment trial & she was very impressive. She is so qualified to be our Senator, while he is an empty suit who goes whichever way the wind blows. I couldn’t believe that Marco Rubio got 57.69% of the vote & Val Demings only got 41.26% in 2020. When it does, it’s important to remember that it is, and that on any given day, it’s the dumbest one on TV - by far. Sometimes, politics feels like a reality show. No doubt, they won’t be the first to be amazed by the reality that, in America, anything is possible. Marco Rubio must astound the Chinese government, which can’t imagine that he would be a person who leads a committee on which the most sensitive secrets of the nation are required to be disclosed. Once again, a serious matter has been taken and twisted into kernels of imbecility by an American politician who routinely lies, dissembles and accuses his opponents of being enemies, while treating adversaries with delusion and disregard.
It will not involve balloons, and that is the main point. It would mean the Chinese Navy and the US Navy would be engaged in a short, violent confrontation at sea before the matter escalated or calmed.
The Western Pacific Ocean would be the battleground for the largest naval action since World War II if the Chinese invade Taiwan. Like now, the event was regarded as a distraction, but was it? That happened in 2001, in the months before 9/11. They also demanded a response that will give the Chinese a chance to reciprocate the favor. They absolutely demonstrated a lack of capacity to measure up in a real crisis. The silliness and vapidity of Marco Rubio and his colleagues were certainly exposed by the balloon. One thing is for sure: whatever side bet on stupid, won big. Maybe they wanted to settle a debate between two factions of American observers and predictors who disagreed on how we would respond. Maybe the “decline” that the Chinese were watching was America’s political and media ‘decline.” Maybe they wanted to see the stupidity play out second by second like an MRI scanning a body injected with contrast dye. Maybe the "decline” Rubio is talking about is evidenced by Rubio talking.
Instead, he chose to fearmonger over a balloon. He could have talked about the Chinese submarine program, or their out of control espionage activities in the United States. He could have talked about the vulnerability of a US fleet carrier to a precision hypersonic missile, and questioned whether the age of the carrier might be ending, given its enormous capacity for staggering casualties. Similarly, he could have talked about the staggering Chinese naval arms race that has created a fleet with more warships than the US Navy, though with a fleet far less capable. He could have talked about the Japanese doubling their military spending, or the Philippines dramatically expanding the capabilities of the US Navy to operate in the Western Pacific with nine new bases to counter the threat of Chinese aggression. Rubio, the ranking member of the Intelligence Committee, could have talked about the dedication of Camp Blaz on Guam, the first new USMC base in 70 years within fighting distance of Taiwan, and supporting 5,000 Marines. Rubio’s position seems to be rooted in pretending the balloon wasn’t actually shot down - which of course it was. The proof of this is the helplessness of America as the balloon floated overhead. Marco Rubio believes the balloon was a deliberate provocation aimed at showing the world that America is a decaying superpower that will never meet its treaty obligations and defend Taiwan, Japan, Korea or the Philippines.
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