On Thursday morning, reflecting on the end of the partial government shutdown, President Barack Obama said “The American people are completely fed up with Washington.” He was referring to public frustration with the contentious debate and brinksmanship that led to the shutdown.

He’s right: People are disgusted and fed up with political games, the unwillingness to compromise and the absurd idea that a small minority could force the repeal of a law — the Affordable Care Act — passed and backed by a majority in Congress and the president.

But people are also fed up with Washington’s failure to deal with any of the issues behind the debt limit standoff, things like long-term debt, entitlement reform and tax reform.

While much of America breathed a sigh of relief with the end of the government shutdown and avoiding a potential default by the U.S. government, none of the fundamental problems behind the current political battles have been resolved. None.

Thursday’s fix, produced by a 16-day partial shutdown and growing public disgust, is only a short delay. The crises remain.

Americans can be forgiven for being skeptical when learning that yet another committee will be formed to study issues such as long-term debt, tax reform and entitlement reform — meaning Medicare and Social Security.

The short-term delay of the debt limit battle was needed, according to many in Washington, to give Congress and the president a little more time. But they have had more than a year to deal with these issues.

Last year, they had Simpson-Bowles report on deficit reduction. They had House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama coming close to a “grand bargain” on long-term debt, entitlement and tax reform during the last debt limit showdown. That deal led to the “super committee,” which failed to produce a compromise solution to the debt and deficit crisis, produced the sequester.

The debt limit crisis, temporarily averted Wednesday evening by Congress, reminded taxpayers that the $17 trillion national debt is a growing and serious threat to the U.S. as interest payments will consume larger and larger percentages of the federal budget, squeezing out other spending.

To get the national debt on a sustainable path, Congress will have to slow the rate of spending growth, especially in entitlements — and probably also raise taxes. The Simpson-Bowles report called for both, with more defict reduction coming from slowing spending than from raising additional revenue.

Economists, members of Congress and Obama all praised the Simpson-Bowles report. But nobody had the courage to propose that it serve as the framework for legislation, because the spending restraint and tax increases would be unpopular.

The debt ceiling bandaid approved Wednesday evening did avert a crisis — the unknown consequences of a default. But the action to re-open the government only postponed the budget and debt ceiling crises a few months. The agreement also calls for a committee to study the issues and produce a solution.

Why should anyone believe this effort will produce results when the super committee failure led to the sequester and when the Simpson-Bowles report was praised but ignored?

By kicking the problem down the road, Washington politicians say they are giving themselves more time. But they have had a year or more to address the issues since the previous debt limit crisis. Congress has done nothing about entitlement reform or tax reform. Congress has done nothing about transportation infrastructure funding and has not produced a farm bill that weans big, corporate agriculture off government subsidies, which the public supports. Congress has not advanced an immigration reform bill, despite public support for some action and common sense on that issue.

In short, Congress has done very little — other than bicker, grandstand and play politics.

The president is right: Americans are fed up with Washington. But it’s not only over the manufactured and unnecessary debt ceiling crisis and government shutdown. It’s about the unwillingness or inability to address any of the serious long-term crises facing the country.