FT: Taxation Flashcards
“is a people organized for law within a definite territory”
Woodrow Wilson
State is a combination or association of persons in the form of government and governed and united together into a politically organized people in a definite territory
Sidgwick
State is a community of people live in a definite form of territory free of external control and possessing an organized government which people show habitual agreement
Gardner
the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region
POPULATION
is the system to govern a state or community
GOVERNMENT
a geographic area belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority
TERRITORY
authority, in the decision-making process of the state
SOVEREIGNTY
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
POWERS OF THE GOVERNMENT
- Police Power
- Power of Eminent Domain
- Power of Taxation
The power of the State to regulate Liberty, and property for the promotion of the general welfare
POLICE POWER
salus populi est suprema lex
The welfare of the people is the supreme law
to forcibly acquire private property, upon payment of just compensation, for some intended public use
POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN
to demand from the members of the society their proportionate share or contribution in the maintenance of the government. It is a mode of raising revenue for public purposes
POWER OF TAXATION
lifeblood of the government
TAX
mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities
TAX
practice of collecting taxes (money) from citizens based on their earnings and property
TAXATION