Should employees that don't do their job be paid?

The most recent nonsense about the 2011 Federal budget has Common Sense wondering, why do we continue to pay congress when they don't do their job?  In the real world if you or I don't do our job for 6 months we get fired.  But congressmen are apparently immune to the the realities the average citizen has to deal with.  They continue to get paid and don't get fired!  Why is this?

Common Sense thinks it's time that's changed.  Perhaps it time congressional pay is tied to performance.  Who knows, perhaps performance based compensation would put a stop to the incessant idealogical purity wars, talking points imitating for reason, and political posturing.  Perhaps no pay would cause the worst of the ideologues out of congress and allow some common sense legislators to be elected.  Just a common sense POV.