[tjwebbnorfolk]

If "going after" means continuing to give them more and more money, one might question what you actually mean by "going after" ...

[applfanboysbgon]

"Going after" means enforcing the law against them. Nothing more, nothing less.

[Eddy_Viscosity2]

In this context 'enforcing the law' means letting them get away with (via token inconsequential fines or the like) and then giving them even more money.