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[–] secretsquirrel2 1 point -1 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. **

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[–] TexasComments [S] 0 points 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.

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[–] secretsquirrel2 ago 

It's not bullshit to say that there are law students who cannot work for six months for free.

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