Getting submission from the public, for that is in keeping with a governmental desire to keep the people servile by whatever means it deems practicable to it without material risk of major, negative consequential loss of power arising for it from such pursuit.

To send a public message: we can go after you even if it costs us a hundred dollars to collect a dollar, so surrender now or we will make you pay up whatever we want you to pay up when we want you to pay up.