20 or so years ago I was moving and selling an old Honda Accord that was a great little car, but starting to show its age.  A woman came and bought it for her daughter.  She told me that she bought her daughter a new BMW for her 16th birthday, and she'd wrecked that car, and the BMW bought to replace it, and then her mom's Lexus.  This all occurred within 6 months - the girl was still 16.  So, she was getting a 12 year old Honda Accord and mom hoped she'd learn something from the experience of not getting a nice car to drive.  

(I assume she wrecked it on the way home.  I almost didn't sell it to her because it was a nice little car, and deserved a better home.) 

I always think of that girl and her mother when the Alaska legislature is in session. I wonder how much longer the voters will go on enabling people who are categorically and demonstrably unfit for the public trust.