Pandering to one group or another is part of the job description of a politician.
Okay. So we're stuck with dishonest government. No surprise to me but I wish it were otherwise. Yet we try to help foreigners with their dictatorships, medical problems, economies, disasters, etc.
Granted, we do better than that, but we could do better ourselves. Won't happen, though. I, for one, would like to see lobbys banned. They do not represent the best interests of the American people. It's just another fraudulent tactic.