Power of Money and the McNugget in "The Wire"

In the first season of "The Wire," one scene I enjoyed was the McNugget scene, a short conversation between D'Angelo, Wallace, and Poot. Wallace makes a comment about how the inventor of the McNugget must be a very wealthy individual. D'Angelo finds this comment comical and naive, because he says that just because this person thought of the McNugget does not mean he got credit for it. D' says the nugget inventor is still probably in the basement working for minimum wage. Poot and Wallace do not understand how this could be, and D' replies that it's all about money. Ronald McDonald isn't going to give more of his money away to the true inventor of the McNugget, so he will take credit for the chicken marvel. This can be paralleled to society, because money truly does overpower and rule. People will do almost anything for the right price. "It's all in the game."