Why should I pay the debts of government?

Nobody did but; that's what ya get with CHANGE.

Actually, you have agreed to it. You've "tacitly" agreed by remaining in the country, by using the "commons" (those things we use in common like roads,etc.) and by accepting the benefits of living in the U.S.

The U.S. has been in debt from the beginning. When Alexander Hamilton, Washington's Secretary of the Treasury, gave the first financial report for the new U.S. in 1791, it was 75 million Colonial Dollars in debt (approximately $1.725 billion in today's dollars), the "Colonial" was worthless and the country's Credit Rating was 0. Three years later, the US was still deeply in debt (it took 2 generations -40 years- to pay off the Revolutionary War debt), war was raging in Europe and the US was afraid that the European powers would invade the weakened US and partition the states. Washington's presidency was really a mess. Things were a lot worse then than they are today.

There's only been one moment in time - midnight, January 8, 1835 - when the U.S. debt was $0. By sun up the U.S. had some debt again. I can't think of one government that's never been in debt. Even the kings of the middle ages owed money to others and usually for the same reasons modern nations go into debt: to pay for wars.

Since the country is a lot bigger than any individual citizen and since hundreds of millions of citizens depend on and benefit from the country but not on you, there's only one way to get out of paying - leave the country.

I'd agree with you if you could show (prove) that you never benefited from any of that money they spent. Never drove on a road/highway that was paid for by the government.

Never sent your kids to school or went their yourself.

Never made use of a hospital

Never called for the police or fire department

Never used any social services at all

Never accepted a tax return

Never supported your military

Never used any government service at all

AND, voted in all elections.

Other then that, you are just as much to blame as the elected officials you put into office. They borrowed that money and spent that money to benefit you and the rest of the country. They certainly are not trillionaires themselves so it's not like they did it for their own good.

For this question, there may not be enough stars in the heavens to star this question. From my early childhood until now, I was taught by many that the route of all evil is money... Our government today frequently documents the truth in my teachings... God must not be pleased with us.

Welcome to the whole ideology behind the Tea Party.

After all, running the government didn't cause the $13 trillion national debt, it was the over-spending, the wasteful programs that don't work, the continuous fraud, waste and abuse.

Take a look at what OSHA hands out and that's just one government organization

http://www.osha.gov/dte/sharwood/2010_grant_recipi...

Not to mention all the other wasteful initiatives that 'good intentions" have been brought upon America;

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/us_scrapes_u...

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/75198

Despite the lacking convictions of the Obama administration

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/09...

Because that is a responsibility of being a citizen of the country. If you don't like it, you have a right to seek citizenship elsewhere.

If you expect nothing from government (security, fire, police, utility services, health insurance, etc...) I agree.

If you pay 100% for all services such as the above, good for you.

Otherwise, don't be a hypocrite.

You're paying the government real money? are you giving them gold or something?

no one should pay the government any money, real or fiat.

Because you have no choice. They have an army with a lot of guns.

It has been done since Bible days. It will always be.