Does the United States really exist?
Why should you care if the income-tax Einsteins who dreamed up the pure trust think about whether the united States can tax your income? Answer: Because the whole legal theory supporting the supposed tax benefits of setting up a pure trust rests in the notion that the united States cannot tax the pure trust's income.

In web sites that push the pure-trust concept, you are likely to see the following type of discussion. I did not make this up. It is copied verbatim from a pure-trust web site. It instructs the reader in the differences in three similar phrases: the United States, the united States and the united states. Here is the difference. Read and enjoy. In three paragraphs if you are not laughing, then you need to read the rest of this article to get a full and complete debunking of the united States concept. If you are laughing, your money is now safe. Feel free to browse here or go to another web site.

United States = U.S. = Federal states = Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, N. Marianas Islands and any other insular (island) place or U.S. enclave or military base. These terms DO NOT include the 50 States unless specifically named in a statute.

united States of America= the Several States=the 50 States. This DOES NOT include the Federal states listed above. (Note: see the Declaration of Independence and note the capitalization.) Also, if this term appears at the beginning of a sentence the word united would be capitalized.

united states  This term can include any two or more recognized government entities such as France, Germany and Canada as state governments united under some form of agreement. It could also designate such states as Arizona, California, Japan or any other combination of governments in some form of agreement.

I am going to pretend that this is a serious argument and address it on its own terms without any express ridicule. I suppose that the previous sentence has ridicule implied within it, to the extent that I had to say such a thing.

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