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> How exactly do you "end" the contract? Part of the deal with contracts is you don't just get to back out whenever you feel like it.

That’s not true if you’re a country. They can nationalize privately owned assets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalization), default on loans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_default), print money to devalue loans, etc. without repercussions other than loss of trust.

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The constitution makes this a bit sticky. It specifically says contracts with the government can not just be ended whenever the government wants and that nationalizing assets requires the government pay the owner fair market value. You can always go full Andrew Jackson and just ignore the courts I guess but that's a tough road.

Nationalising (Statelizing?) the parking meter provision sounds like a great way to get of this contract.

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