This reminded me of the counties (or whatever) that became reliant on fines from big tobacco. The incentive for the tax collector is, absurdly, to keep the negative externality going.

Maybe good economic policy should examine both ends of the wealth transfer: is it good that we take money from eg. big oil, and meanwhile also good that we put the money in the govt. budget? But most political talking points are one sided: “X should pay” or “Y should get paid.”