[–] secretsquirrel2 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Many legislators don't pay their interns at all. Most law students would work a Washington internship for free and more than a few students would be happy to pay for the privilege. A senate internship is a very valuable commodity. It says a lot about Senator Sanders that he is willing to stretch his administrative budget to not only pay his interns, but to pay them a better than minimum wage. In doing this he is opening up the opportunity to intern at the senate to those students who cannot afford the luxury of working for free.
So where I think you meant to smear the Senator, you have actually done just the opposite. **Thank you for showing us yet another instance of Bernie setting a positive example for his fellow legislators. **
[–] TexasComments [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Don't bullshit someone who has worked there, the law students working for free are doing so because they know that after six months they can start applying to DC law firms for six figure salaries if they worked for the right committees or congressmen.
Also to clarify he gets between $3M and $4.3M a year for his senate salaries in Vermont, a state so small you can drive through it in less than five hours end to end.
[–] secretsquirrel2 ago
It's not bullshit to say that there are law students who cannot work for six months for free.
[–] jawsgst 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
I am really curious where the stats are for every other presidential hopeful. I get that people are calling it hypocrisy for Bernie to want a 15/hr minimum wage and only paying them 12/hr and that might be a bit of a fair point, but what is every other presidential hopeful paying their interns. Let's keep the big picture in focus that he is indeed better than every other candidate (in probably every way) and we can debate those other points. He may have some things here and there that detract, but he is only human. Most presidential hopefuls lie directly to your face and nobody seems to give a shit, but take an honest man and try to tear him down over one little outlier about a position that doesn't even require pay in the first place? Seems reaching at best.
GO BERNIE!
[–] TexasComments [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
To be honest Bernie is not paying his Senate interns what he called "a livable wage". He does not pay his campaign staffers a "livable wage" as most are volunteers and the rest work so much that by hourly amounts they makes less than $7.25 and hour. Other presidential candidates are paying some interns while others are unpaid it depends what the intern asks for when they get the job and what their job entails; social media interns are likely being paid as are any interns who are doing work in the HQ, but "interns" in the field tend to be volunteers more or less because they do not consistently show up on time or at all, speaking from experience.
FUCK BERNIE!
[–] jawsgst 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
You can say Fuck Bernie all your what, but who is your candidate? what are their opinions? where do they stand? you are providing NO CONTEXT, you are only trying to put him down but he still stands HEADS above every other candidate.
Other presidential candidates are paying some interns while others are unpaid it depends what the intern asks for when they get the job and what their job entails>
But what are they paying them? Why is your candidate or another candidate Better than Bernie? It is easy to try to talk bullshit when you give no context of comparison. If you are going to talk shit and complain about something, you should at least offer a BETTER alternative. Maybe you would just rather live in Anarchy and don't want any president and it should be everyone for themselves?
[–] CommonSense 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Reminds me of this