Remove the taboo by calling it country X and you are left with a detailed erudite description of how money in politics works in DC. Country X gets its piece of the pie, eating up something north of $3 billion from which some crumbs, around $3 million, is skimmed to lobbyists to pay off the minions in Congress as their commission for cutting the check.
Country X is a player, so it does not get cut even when the country has gone broke from the corrupt system portrayed here. If Social Security and Medicare had lobbies like this they would not be getting cut. Those who pay from any country come before Americans who are picking the tab. Some Americans will die as a result of holes that will be torn in the safety net because they have no lobby to pay off politicians mired in pay-to-play politics.
Country X is a player, so it does not get cut even when the country has gone broke from the corrupt system portrayed here. If Social Security and Medicare had lobbies like this they would not be getting cut. Those who pay from any country come before Americans who are picking the tab. Some Americans will die as a result of holes that will be torn in the safety net because they have no lobby to pay off politicians mired in pay-to-play politics.