The Administration's position may be sickening and reprehensible, but it is by no means 'brain dead'.
It is a calculated assault on the middle class in the interest of cheap, disposable labor and an undifferentiated voting bloc.
It is a shortsighted ploy that will end up ensuring the death of the Conservative approach to Gov't by, as you say, the destruction of the Middle Class if not addressed - That is if it is not already too late. Ergo, 'Brain Dead'