Sounds like the ‘loser state’ is continuing to dig the hole deeper.
Yes, they are.
When it’s deep enough it will be time to push them all in it and start backfilling.
True, but this logic ought to be explored. Maybe you could push the envelop and have a 10-year old kid demand a credit card or driver’s license. Or even better....have 2 twelve-year-old kids demand a marriage license.