Don't knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job?
As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.
I inherited my ability from both parents; my mother's ability for spending money, and my father's ability for not earning it.
Two can live as cheaply as one - if they both have good jobs.
In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change.
Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.