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| Sen. Lindsey Graham sees "nothing wrong with playing the game" of tax avoidance. |
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney shouldn't be criticized for using
off-shore tax havens because "it's really American to avoid paying taxes, legally," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Tuesday.
The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has come under fire for stashing assets overseas in places like Bermuda and Switzerland.
Graham argued that Congress is responsible for tax avoidance because
it has crafted such convoluted rules and said he was fine with Romney's
taking advantage of the loopholes.
"As long as it was legal, I'm OK with it," Graham said. "I don't
blame anybody for using the tax code to their advantage. I blame us for
having it so complicated and confused. Pick a rate and make people pay
it."
In the meantime, anything within the rules goes, he argued.
"It's a game we play," Graham said. "Every American tries to find the
way to get the most deductions they can. I see nothing wrong with
playing the game because we set it up to be a game."
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