Enjoy your eternity in Purists' Hell.
I think the problem is that power corrupts.
Spending is power, to Congressmen. They overspend cuz they use the money to buy votes, pay off their supporters with pork, and the ilke.
Nothing lasts an eternity, but eternity and mine will be spent in Heaven, not Hell.
If you told your children (or your wife or employees) that there would be no consequences for their bad acts, do you think that your children would behave, that your wife would be the wonderful wife/mother that you want, or that your employees would always be on time and on the job? Or do you think that they'd keep doing all the wrong things knowing that they had nothing to fear?
Politicians ARE our employees and they are like children that need to be watched and disciplined because if we don't, they will treat us like an abused spouse. We'll get mistreated and screwed.