That may be true, but why is Congress the metric? Congress is broken. In how many of the last 20 years have they actually passed a budget? It might be two; I'm pretty sure it's not more than five. That's their most basic job, and they can't or won't do it.

Whether Congress cares does not tell you whether there's a problem. The fact that Congress doesn't care is part of the problem - maybe the biggest part.