How does the basic premiss that there are ‘Unpaid Taxes on Billions in Hidden Offshore Accounts'” hurt the average U.S. citizen taxpayer living overseas?

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The hearings of the Senate on “Offshore Tax Evasion” of the “Billions in Hidden Offshore Accounts” make for good headlines, but no one seems to ask the critical questions of the basic premiss.
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Will the hearings scheduled for February 26th, 2014, shed any light on this issue? 
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Here is what the government says:

Offshore Tax Evasion: The Effort to Collect Unpaid Taxes on Billions in Hidden Offshore Accounts

Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

February 26, 2014 09:30AM

Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building

Agenda

The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will hold a hearing, “Offshore Tax Evasion: The Effort to Collect Unpaid Taxes on Billions in Hidden Offshore Accounts,” on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., in Room G-50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

The hearing will continue the Subcommittee’s examination of tax haven bank facilitation of U.S. tax evasion, focusing on the status of efforts to hold Swiss banks and their U.S. clients accountable for unpaid taxes on billions of dollars in hidden assets. Witnesses will include representatives from a Swiss bank and the U.S. Department of Justice. A witness list will be available Monday, February 24, 2014.

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