Most of us don’t work ‘in United States’ because United States is considered a ship

Most of us don’t work ‘in United States’. Because, for taxation, “United States” refers to govt operations. And feds view it as a ship. Since sailors say they work in a ship, not on a ship, feds say their workers ‘work in United States’. Answer ‘No’ if asked if thou works in United States.

Most of us work ‘without United States’, meaning not within.

The give-away that United States is not a geographic reference can be found in 26 USC 7701 (9):
(9) United States: The term “United States” when used in a geographical sense includes only the States and the District of Columbia. https://law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/7701

The insight 💡is the term “United States” is RARELY used geographically in the tax code because United States mean the federal government: the workers, the buildings, the trucks, the territory. Similarly, Wal-mart and FedEx are not a geographical references.

Thanks to David:Williams, genius tax researcher, for making the key point:
“Well it seems everyone makes a big deal about the meaning of “United States” at IRC 7701, but nobody seems to notice that the IRC defines “United States” ONLY in its geographical sense. What about its NON-geographical sense?

“United States” when used in ANY federal law is nearly always a THING, not a PLACE or piece of land. This is because the United States is the name of the federal government itself and all of its property and territory.”
https://educatedinlaw.org/2023/02/the-income-tax-challenge/

So much of our everyday language has ship references as part of the overall deception that we’re under federal maritime jurisdiction. Conception involves sea-men. Baby delivered to dock-er and when we’re sick we go to dock-er. In the courts, our case is on the docket. We put money in (river) banks. We’re taught to answer to Mister, which means ship captain. A good business runs a tight ship otherwise goes into bank-ruptcy.

As for the photo of the ship, these men would say they are working in a ship not on it. Learn admiralty language by reading The Wager: https://amzn.to/3VzuMCd

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