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"There is no actual obligation to pay."              The always
subjective concept of "legal obligation" depends on two things:
what laws you consider valid, and whether you think that law is
the only source for obligations.              Personally I say
that seeking to do the bare legal minimum in any enterprise is
not exactly aiming one's sights very high. "I'm such a
legalist/literalist Coffee Achiever that if I did one whit less
than what I'm doing now, I'd be hauled into court!! WOOHOO!"
• No, there actually is no legal obligation outside of
Congressional approval of specific funds. There is nothing
subjective about it. There is no law or treaty or regulation
whatsoever relating to the United States that obligates payment.
In other words, it cannot be about what laws I consider valid,
since there is no law anywhere, valid or not, which provides
such o