[quote name='Spokker']If he got his tax rate down to 0% through entirely legal means, then who cares? Everybody looks for breaks on their taxes every year.[/QUOTE]
I certainly care. Something being legal doesn't mean it is correct. There are useful tax credits and there are unfair tax credits. It's important to have this discussion.
It also means that we can not take Romney seriously when it comes to controlling federal spending. An individual who is unwilling to contribute (n.b. "unwilling to contribute," not "unable to contribute") to federal taxes is, in my view, disqualified from expressing outrage over the size of our deficit - because that individual has shirked their obligation to American society and contributed to the deficit in a very direct way.