This turns a problem company into a problem government bureaucracy. Cleaner to fine the company into oblivion, put it into bankruptcy--thereby teaching its shareholders and creditors a hard lesson--and then let the market figure out if it's worth more liquidated, split up into bits, or sold to a new owner.
This turns a problem company into a problem government bureaucracy. Cleaner to fine the company into oblivion, put it into bankruptcy--thereby teaching its shareholders and creditors a hard lesson--and then let the market figure out if it's worth more liquidated, split up into bits, or sold to a new owner.