xnxx The courts have generally held that direct taxes are limited to taxes on people (variously called capitation, poll tax or head tax) and property. (Penn Mutual Indemnity Company. v. C.I.R., 227 F.2d 16, 19-20 (3rd Cir. 1960).) All other taxes are typically called "indirect taxes," within their tax an event, rather than an individual or property per se. (Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, 301 U.S. 548, 581-582 (1937).) What was a straightforward limitation on the power of the legislature based ...