Yes, it would be on a par with slave labor. Their status would have to be in limbo. But even slaves should be accorded a decent subsistence. There is a way to make jobs and work. All your government and statistics don’t help in the least. That’s reality, and it’s conservative.
You are still delusional and certainly not a conservative. You support government tyranny. And government doesn’t create jobs except those that enlarge its numbers. The taxpayer foots the bill.