Why Taxes are Prompting Some Americans in Canada to Renounce their US Citizenship

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A small but growing numbers of Americans in Canada are renouncing their US citizenship. They are doing it to avoid having to pay US taxes. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Mark Wittgen. He lives in Canada and is in the process of renouncing his citizenship.

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