Which leaders objected to paying the states debts?

Leaders such as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison objected to paying the states' debts after the American Revolutionary War. They believed that the federal government should not assume the debts incurred by individual states, viewing it as unfair to those states that had already paid off their debts. Their opposition was rooted in concerns about federal power and the potential for a centralized government to impose undue control over the states. This disagreement contributed to the broader debates over federalism and the balance of power in the early United States.