The entity with strongprofitability, bettermanagementabilityandhigh qualityasset who obtained a shellthrough transfer would take the controlof a shell company.
An ordered society depends on maintaining that trust -- we would go from superpower to zombie wasteland pretty quickly if we lost faith in our food sources, and the federal government is the entitystrong enough to safeguard this republic, one case at a time.
There is a strong suspicion that once a large state entity is privatised, the selling government will simply be tempted to spend the money at once to meet its short-term obligations.