This probably doesn’t do the thing you want it to do 1) if there is a demand to have something, it usually raises price of that thing. You could interpret this

This probably doesn’t do the thing you want it to do 1) if there is a demand to have something, it usually raises price of that thing. You could interpret this as a forced buyback, which may raise prices of shares (and thus reward bad behavior) 2) what does the govt do with the stock after it has the stock? It doesn’t have a system for processing it, as it does with USD Also, why shouldn’t you penalize shareholders? In the future they’ll think twice about investing in companies that cut corners to juice short term gains