While there may be some truth here, only time will tell whether something totally nefarious has occurred!  I would suggest to Milbank, that DC has been the product of wheeling and dealing and paying off one's friends/supporters for may decades now!  Whether your friends happen to come from Wall Street or the millionaire/billionaire class of leftists hardly matters!  This is why it is so important to vote for honest congress people who actually believe in representing ALL their constituents and not just their donors!  That is the only avenue for the people to control out of control federal gov't.  

Perhaps Milbank needs a reminder that business and humans don't need nearly the number of "regulations" that the gov't passes and then funds (giving more of their pals permanent jobs, pensions, and benefits!