Oh, it's much more of a hoot than that.
For example, take this single AMI member, add its members, and you get this:
National Council of Chain Restaurants
AFC Enterprises
Brinker International, Inc.
Burger King Corp.
Carlson Restaurants Worldwide
Chick-Fil-A
CKE Restaurants, Inc.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
Denny’s Inc.
Domino’s Pizza Inc.
Dunkin’ Brands
El Pollo Loco
IHOP Corporation
In-N-Out Burger International Dairy Que
en, Inc. Jack in the Box Inc.
Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.
McDonald’s Corporation
Perkins & Marie Callender's, Inc.
Sonic Corporation
Starbucks Coffee Company
Sticky Fingers
The Krystal Company
Texas Roadhouse
Waffle House Inc.
Whataburger, Inc.
White Castle System, Inc.
Yum! Brands
You can do that with any and all of the corporate AMI signatories, e.g.
AMI lobbying = NCCR lobbying = Mcdonalds, BK, KFC, and Chic-fil-a lobbying.
It's the same as is used in money laundering and other criminal enterprises: phony "associations" lobby for other phony "advocacy groups" which together lobby Congress for for their "real" clients
Does the name “RICO” strike a familiar key?