Who will offer a coherent argument against this assertion?

Question

Government debt, is not backed by trust, collateral, or future reputation. It is backed by violence. If you loan money to a friend, and they stiff you, chances are you would never think to knock down their door in the middle of the night, place them in chains, and toss them in a dark cage for years on end. And yet, this is exactly what governments do when you do not pay the taxes the law demands. (Jeremy Locke at Lewrockwell.com)

Answer 1

i'm not sure what your arguing.
the government doesn't pay debts so it should be jailed. or that average people should have jails to imprison their mooching friends? as citizens of a government we afford it authority in trade for certain benefits, like schools and roads. only the government has the right to put someone on trial and if convicted imprison them. though i don't know of very many cases where a person was put in prison for being poor and overwhelmed by debt. and the ones that were did it on purpose and were arrested for fraud.
the government in agreement with other civil governments have extended credit based in thing other then future earnings but potential political backing and the belief that keeping the flow of money between countries is good for everyones economy.
if youre argument is that the goverment should imprison people for taxe evasion then thats fine, but that can't take back the roads and school. if you want these thing then you pay taxes. eh, maybe they should expel them from the country.

Answer 2

Governments are constrained by things like Constitutions and laws. They must operate within that framework.