Listen, they're the ones holding our society up. Without the money trickling down to us from all the chefs and cleaners they employ, we'd have to scavenge in the wilderness for voles.
We really should think twice before messing with the lifeblood of our economy.
I can't tell if this is satire. Some people really believe stuff like this.
Mister President Reagan, it's past your gravetime already.
It's all about creating a chain of value. Why should the chefs and cleaners have to expend energy hunting for their own voles?
Far better to allow predators to take them to the cleaners.
(/s for if the idiom doesn't translate to your local language!)