As a Christian, you pay your taxes because God tells you to

From Doug Wilson,his tax day thoughts...hit the link, read the whole thing.

The Bear Went Over the Mountain

...As a Christian, you pay your taxes because God tells you to, and not because Caesar does (Rom. 13: 6-7). Caesar is not in charge of the operation, God is. Caesar wants to pretend that there is no court of appeal behind him, but there is. He is God's deacon, and we are paying him (according to God's Word) so that he might be in a position to reward the righteous and punish the evil doer. That's the theory.

Second, no human institution or government is absolute. Because all human authorities are susceptible to temptation and sin, another scenario becomes a scriptural possibility. Instead of rewarding the righteous and punishing the wrongdoer, the authorities might rebel against heaven and reverse this, seeking to punish the righteous and give nihilistic art grants to the evil ones. It is at this point that the biblical doctrine of civil disobedience comes in. Gideon was not threshing his crop in the wine vat because that is where the IRS had asked him to file...

...A good half of the American populace pays virtually no tax at all -- and many of them receive quite a few benefits. Those who do pay need to understand that they are not proposing simply to withhold funds from pointy-headed liberals in Washington. Those folks in Washington were shrewd enough to hook up a bunch of other people to the benefits, to butter their side of the bread, and so forth. If you go to one of these tea parties, realize that you are going to visit many of your fellow Americans in the hospital, and you are standing on their oxygen hose. Don't be surprised if you get a reaction.