These folks are the moneyed interests in Iran, the bankers, the oil people, the bazaaries.

But there is a more important point while there are many gaps between the intent and consequences of legislation, legislators do seem ultimately to care more about their less moneyed constituents than they did in the past. Democracy is stronger.

The more people believe that it is the hardworking and the deserving who have money, the more they are willing to tolerate transactions for money (though some transactions remain beyond the pale). But if people believe that the moneyed are primarily those who are well connected or crooked, their tolerance for monetary transactions falls.