National Association of Realtors – $3,751,000

Blue Cross/Blue Shield [health insurance] – $2,705,050

American Crystal Sugar [agriculture] – $2,667,500

National Beer Wholesalers Association – $2,585,000

American Israel Public Affairs Committee – $2,572,500

Operating Engineers Union – $2,528,306

America's Credit Unions – $2,489,160

American Bankers Association – $2,249,580

Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transportation Union – $2,226,900

Trump 47 Committee – $2,220,530

Given this list, it’s really hard to be surprised about how America operates internally, and which businesses are sacrosanct. You could produce this list to the questions “why is real estate so expensive? Why don’t we have free healthcare? Why do we care so much about Israel? etc.”