The sheeple that make up this country are for the most part ignorant of the meaning and wisdom contained in the Constitution, and are too socialistic to even consider going back to the original intent.
They've been sucking from the teat of the Mother-State for too long. If they are forced to forage for their own food, they might have to go hungry for awhile, and that might hurt. To the sheeple, hunger is a disease that is treatable by Mother's milk, instead of a motivational state of being.