Why is it taking the US so long to figure out that patents on business methods, abstractions and software are a disaster waiting to happen? Even parts of their

Why is it taking the US so long to figure out that patents on business methods, abstractions and software are a disaster waiting to happen? Even parts of their own justice system are starting to understand the consequences. Is it that hard to understand from first principles, like much of the rest of the world has, instead of waiting until the full irreversible burden is felt in legal, industrial and public bodies? Or is the GDP service churn over nothing actually innovative worth the deferrment of so much pain into the future? Talking about kicking the can down the road...