>The tax payer effectively pays it since the majority stake belongs to the tax payer. So a large fine is bad and a small fine is bad because it's not a deterrent. The executives that caused the mess's are already mostly gone (hence the back peddling) but the correct action would be to claw back their pay and bonus or something like that so the next "hot shots" don't try such shit again.
If it's state owned, they should be allowed to determine how the penalty is levied. Make the fine directly payable by the executives in charge, it'll stop immediately.
Also not to nitpick as I'm guessing English is a second language and it's quite excellent -
I think this is the best kind of typo. The spelling given by the original comment pronounces the same way as the correct spelling, we've just all memorized that one of them is the correct way to go from verbal to written.
If it's state owned, they should be allowed to determine how the penalty is levied. Make the fine directly payable by the executives in charge, it'll stop immediately.
Also not to nitpick as I'm guessing English is a second language and it's quite excellent -
*persuade the courts