For many working there, the Kremlin was just the nation's largest feeding trough.
Capitalism is just a feeding trough that government can use to fuel its expansion.
The situation mesmerized newcomers, by flashing promises of ascension to the starry feeding trough.
In contrast to some recent summers, all of the major studios got a turn at the feeding trough this year, said Mr. Pandya.
"Christie has taken this to a whole different level; it's become a feeding trough," said Deborah Howlett, executive director of New Jersey Policy Perspectives, a liberal policy organization.
Meanwhile, the elders of the G.O.P., like House Speaker Paul Ryan, have declared their disgust, unless, like Governor Chris Christie, of New Jersey, they have sold their souls for a place at Trump's feeding trough.
Like the disposable £29m feeding trough constructed next to the stadium to wring the last few cents of the hospitality dollar, the empty seats are part of a wider culture.
"To what extent did advertising agencies fuel the decline of dot-coms by draining their finances with disproportional ad campaigns," Mr. Lévy wondered, adding: "Did we behave as pigs at the feeding trough?
AM-cows spent less time standing with their heads outside the feeding trough than TM-cows and had a lower heart rate.
An actor who has just starred in a big hit can move several places forward in the line for the feeding trough -perhaps from $3 million a picture to $4 million.
Instead, incessant bickering as to how we can find someone else to pay for the benefits to a specific interest group draws a picture of a dysfunctional governance system reliant on 'the feeding trough' model of the Social Partnership.
