It would be a horrible idea because it would be handled by laws and the government. I take issue with your example of not paying the people that failed to pass

It would be a horrible idea because it would be handled by laws and the government. I take issue with your example of not paying the people that failed to pass a budget. Government budgets are huge complicated enigmas full of waste and overspending, and if you punish individuals personally for failing to agree to pass a budget bill, then those individuals are no longer incentivized to dissent on unnecessary spending provisions of the bill. Understand that if a bill passes then all provisions and portions of the bill are approved, including any riders attached to the bill (and there are often many). For many people in Congress, the reason to vote NO on a bill is not because the bill is an awful or terrible idea (many times the bill makes sense and would be beneficial), but because the author of the bill added in unnecessary restrictions or budget kickbacks to the bill or in riders to unfairly benefit a group that is sponsoring the bill. If you think our government's problems are bad, you should see their solutions.