Even worse, the argument reinforces crapping on poorer folks. "Oh, you didnt just move? Clearly you don't deserve a raise"It's an idea or counter argument that isn't really well thought out.
"there are people who are *so* desperate they literally left everything behind and walked barefoot hundreds of miles risking violence and abuse to collapse at our border so no one in the us who's even marginally better off should ever get a better deal, why dont they just do what those even more desperate folks did" is a truly odd argumentActually it’s called life. Everyone has those choices to make at some point. It’s not unrealistic especially since it goes on every day at our southern border. Those people left anything and everything for a better life. Certainly we in this country are better off, if not perhaps a foot journey to El Salvador might provide some perspective.
You guys really bend over backwards to find reasons why no one should get decent raises or anyone less well off than you can get any sort of better deal, it's impressive