Jon Davis's definitions

ethics

Plural of ethic.

The sum of a set of moral beliefs.

etiquette; morality; values

That criminal has a really bad sense of ethics.

by Jon Davis January 13, 2004

Sixteenth Amendment

The sixteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.

"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."

by Jon Davis January 13, 2004

liable

The state of being obligated to pay a debt.

No federal statute makes any American citizen living and working in one of the fifty states liable for an income tax.

by Jon Davis January 14, 2004

execution

The carrying out of something.

The event or occurance of a thing that is executed.

The execution of this software will result in a virus spreading all over the Internet.

by Jon Davis January 13, 2004

ratified

Past tense of ratify

An amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America cannot be established unless the amendment is ratified, or approved (by a process), by a certain number of states.

by Jon Davis January 13, 2004

federal government

The establishment of an organization of law and office that the several states of the United States of America have agreed to submit to in the effort to maintain partnership and equality with the other states.

The offices and delegation of laws established by the Constitution of the United States of America.

The federal government overstepped its power when it created the Fourteenth Amendment and created created one totalitarian nation out of many states.

by Jon Davis January 14, 2004

Internal Revenue Code

26 USC; the 26th title of the United States Code that supposedly establishes a federal income tax.

I studied the Internal Revenue Code for years and I never found any law that makes a local American citizen liable for the income tax!

by Jon Davis January 14, 2004