Yep.

Political power is a commodity, and most of those who hold it today do the exact same thing with it as anyone holding any other commodity - they sell it to the highest bidder.

You say yer life’s a bum deal

'N yer up against the wall

Well, people, you ain’t even got no kinda

Deal at all

'Cause what they do

In Washington

They just takes care of NUMBER ONE

An’ number one ain’t you

You ain’t even number two

-Frank Zappa “The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing”