Or, bread and circuses.  Have at it!

n: a compromise reached on the basis of reaching a compromise and being able to say a compromise has been reached, regardless of whether the substance of the compromise actually works as a compromise in any meaningful way. See, eg., US Senate Republicans: Early Tuesday morning, the Senate approved a scaled-down package aimed at halting historic tax hikes for most Americans and postponing across-the-board spending cuts, just hours after Congress