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UPDATED: Matthew Feeney Discusses Americans Living Abroad Renouncing Their Citizenship To Escape the IRS on WGN Radio at 11:35am ET Noon ET

Matthew Feeney | 8.19.2013 10:06 AM

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At 11:35am noon ET I will be talking with Mike McConnell on WGN Radio 720 about the increase in the number of Americans living abroad renouncing their citizenship ahead of a deadline imposed by an awful piece of legislation called the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). 

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Matthew Feeney is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute.

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  1. bmp1701   13 years ago

    Traitors to the Motherland!

    1. CatoTheElder   13 years ago

      Dude, "Motherland" is not the preferred nomenclature. "Homeland", please.

  2. DJF   13 years ago

    So what, why should I care?

  3. wareagle   13 years ago

    the in-flight mag on a recent plane trip was filled with ads from various Carribbean and Central American nations recruiting Americans to go live there.

  4. Night Elf Mohawk   13 years ago

    It can take a while to get citizenship somewhere else, so it's probably not a quick fix. Going citizenshipless doesn't seem like a good idea.

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