| Well,
after years and years of writing government officials asking what a dollar
is, Christopher Hansen, of the Nevada Independent American Party, finally
received the answer. It is, surprisingly, a clear and unequivocal answer
to the question: “What is a dollar.”
Senator
John Ensign of Nevada sent the ANSWER
written in a report by the Congressional Research Service. The most important
part of the answer is found on page three (page two of the answer) when
it states:
Ballentines
Law Dictionary, 3rd Edition (1969)
dollar.
The legal currency of the United States; State v Downs, 148 Ind 324, 327;
the unit of money consisting of one hundred cents. The aggregate of specific
coins which add up to one dollar. 36 Am Jlst Money A§ 8. In the absence
of qualifying words, it cannot mean promissory notes, bonds, or
other evidences of debt. 36 AM Jlst Money A§ 8.
American
Jurisprudence, Volume 36, A§ 8 [T]he term “dollar” means money, since
it is the unit of money in this country, and in the absence of qualifying
words, it cannot mean promissory notes or bonds or other evidences of
debt. The term also refers to specific coins of the value of one
dollar. (27 Ohio Jur pp . 125, 126, A§ 3), (United States v. Van
Auken, 96 US 366, 24 L ed 852)
Then the report defines
Federal reserve notes:
Black’s
Law, Second Pocket Edition (1996)
Federal
Reserve Note
Federal
reserve note. The paper currency in circulation in the United States. The
notes are issued by the Federal Reserve Banks, are effectively non-interest-bearing
promissory
notes payable to bearer on demand, and are issued in denominations
of $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000.
“Payable”
in what? In dollars of course. You cannot pay with a “promissory note”.
Therefore
it is VERY CLEAR that Federal reserve notes ARE NOT dollars but
should be able to be redeemed in “dollars.” FRNs, however, cannot, presently,
be redeemed in “money” but only in other notes. Remember that the
“term ‘dollar’ means money” which CANNOT BE promissory notes according
to the report.
Therefore,
whenever you receive Federal reserve notes (promissory notes) issued in
any “$” denominations you should calculate their “value” in REAL “dollars”
such as the report describes as:
DOLLAR.
The unit employed in the United States in *calculating money values.* Blacks
Law Dictionary, 4th Edition Revised (1957)
If
you are a Nevada citizen I highly recommend that you contact Senator Ensign’s
Las Vegas office at (702) 388-6605 and ask Special Assistant Mary Mason,
to please send you a copy of the Congressional Research Service “report”
concerning the definition of what a dollar is.
If you
are in another State of this Union I highly recommend that you copy this
letter from Senator Ensign’s office and ask YOUR Senator or Representative
to send you a copy of the Congressional Research Service “report” concerning
the definition of what a dollar is.
It
is clear that these silver Liberty dollar coins, authorized by Congress
at 31 USC Sec. 5112 (e) with the “value” of a dollar as per 31 USC Sec.
5112 (d)(1), meet all the legal requirements to be dollars as per the “report”
while Federal reserve notes issued in various denominations of $s do not
meet ANY of the legal requirements of a dollar but only those of, possibly,
United States Securities and/or legal tender as per 31 USC Sec. 5103. But
since they cannot be redeemed in “dollars” you are not even sure they meet
those standards.
We
Americans SHOULD have the right to know what the value of a dollar is in
clear and unequivocal terms since, if we are liable for a tax by clear
and unequivocal language, we must be able to calculate that tax using:
“The unit (dollar) employed in the United States in calculating money values.”
Blacks Law Dictionary, 4th Edition Revised (1957) (See report). Because
if we cannot use the dollar to calculate “income” (whatever that is) then
we CANNOT know the “value” of whatever we accepted as payment. |
