[pif]

> It is a handout to corporations.

You are right, but unfortunately you are not completely right.

The problem lies in a universal truth: people buy cheap.

A corporation that can afford lower wages is a corporation that can maintain its customer base. If American corporations stooped their effort in reducing costs, they'd lose their effort to foreign corporations with easier access to lower wages and less ecological constraints.

The enemy of the poorest Americans are not the immigrants, but the richer Americans. As a thought experiment, imagine running a trade shop employing only American workers: start advertising the fact that you pay socially-acceptable wages to them; and explain your potential customers that, by paying more for the same service, they'll get the honour of helping their fellow citizens. I'm sure your phone will not ring that often!

[the_real_cher]

> The enemy of the poorest Americans are not the immigrants, but the richer Americans

it's both

[pacerier]

Tell that to the Emiratis who get to eat and sleep all day.