[–] radamhadameal 1 point 4 points 5 points (+5|-1) ago
This is the best they could do to smear Bernie? That really says more about how great he is than anything else, that this is the worst anyone can say about him.
[–] [deleted] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
[–] BoiseNTheHood 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Wonder how many of them are his "underpaid" shills working for $12/hour.
[–] darwin_prime 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
This is exactly $12 an hour more than I got during my congressional internship. Probably not the result OP is hoping for, but my only thought after reading this is that I wish I'd have been in Bernie's district office instead.
[–] inDSM 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
If Sanders truly believes that "no one can live on less than $15/hour", he should pay the interns at least $15/hour. If it's all about the worker than it shouldn't make a difference if they are interns or not. Either pay them nothing or a living minimum wage. I'm not surprised at all.
[–] ShadowMongoose 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
"Either pay them nothing or a living minimum wage."
Seriously, you are claiming that it would actually be preferable to you that he pay nothing to his interns than paying them $12/hr.
Let's look at your priorities here...
1) $15/hr. 2) $0/hr. 3) $12/hr.
... There is no world in which that makes sense.
[–] BoiseNTheHood ago
Bernie: "Minimum wage should be $15/hour!"
Bernie: "$15/hour? Are you nuts? I'm not paying that!"
[–] BoiseNTheHood 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Funny how Bernie expects productive members of society to subsidize everyone else from cradle to grave, but personally cheaps out on everything.
[–] edistojim 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
If you are a supporter of the $15 minimum wage, you should pay your people $15 per hour. Intern or not, doesn't matter if you own a ditch digging service, if its something you are campaigning for, then don't be a hypocrite and talk out of both sides of your mouth. He wants MickyDs to do it but doesn't believe he needs to…..typical politician , thats for thee, not for me.
[–] ShadowMongoose ago
Interns are a tightly defined class of workers that are not employees and are thus explicitly exempt from minimum wage laws, just as servers (waitresses/waiters), and other tipped employees are exempt from minimum wage laws (though being actual employees they must be paid a minimum commonly referred to as the "waiter wage").
Any new laws regarding minimum wages will almost certainly maintain those exemptions, with interns still being defined as non-employees that are not due any wage, and tipped employees being paid a lower (though possibly higher than current) minimum.
So unless you have some evidence that his future bill includes a requirement to pay interns, and to do so at the new minimum wage, you are talking out of your ass.
Interns are an exception by law, just because you want to deny that fact doesn't make it so.