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

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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). 

Listen live here. 

For more from Reason.com on FATCA click here. 

Comments

[bmp1701]

Traitors to the Motherland!

[CatoTheElder]

Dude, “Motherland” is not the preferred nomenclature. “Homeland”, please.

[DJF]

So what, why should I care?

[wareagle]

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.

[Night Elf Mohawk]

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.