[meyer]

Because we didn't get into the current mess overnight, and Constitution doesn't allow us to make a U-turn on a dime so quickly that we give back change.

I think I like your answer better. :^)

[Don Myers]

"...Constitution doesn't allow us to make a U-turn on a dime so quickly that we give back change. "

The Constitution has nothing to do with it. It is the people who won't.