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[–] Dutch_TFP 4 points 0 points (+4|-4) ago  (edited ago)

Bernie pays them above minimum wage so what's the problem? As far as I can see he gives people internships, those are not necessarily payed positions and then he pay's them more then the minimum wage.

I am European so I don't know but does he pay them out of his pocket? Because then it's even more admirable.

Edit: TexasComments informed me about Bernies possibilities to pay his interns so I changed my view to agree that he should pay them 15 dollars. So stop downvoating me, lol.

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[–] TexasComments [S] ago 

No.

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[–] Dutch_TFP ago 

So they don't get money for interns? Then it's good to at least pay them something I guess. \

But wtf is this?

A lifetime allowance ranging from $52,000 to $73,000.

Do you get that for ever? Even if you just do 1 term??

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[–] TheJubJubBird 2 points 2 points (+4|-2) ago 

Bernie pays them above minimum wage so what's the problem?

Because it's below a wage that he says should be the absolute minimum because anything less is unconscionable.

It's not a matter of legality but of hypocrisy. If he thinks $15 is the absolute minimum anyone should ever get paid legally because anything less is so low that it's harmful to the worker and to society at large. What does it say about him that he pays less than that amount?

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[–] daskapitalist 2 points 4 points (+6|-2) ago 

If he were a capitalist no one would care. But he's socialist demanding the minimum wage be raised to $15/hr, so the hypocrisy is overwhelming.

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[–] Dutch_TFP 3 points 0 points (+3|-3) ago 

Overwhelming... yeah. I don't think so. He pays them right? It's optional as far I understand to pay interns anything. If it was a payed position and he would pay them below 15 dollars then it would be hypocritical.

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[–] CommonSense 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Reminds me of this

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[–] BoiseNTheHood 0 points 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.

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[–] rayc31415 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Bernie: "Supports a $12 minimum wage rising to $15 in 2020.", pays interns in his 2016 campaign $12/hour. Republicans: "OMG, hypocrisy, you should be paying them $15/hour!"

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[–] BoiseNTheHood ago 

Bernie: "Minimum wage should be $15/hour!"

Bernie: "$15/hour? Are you nuts? I'm not paying that!"

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[–] rayc31415 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Bernie: "Minimum wage should be $15/hour in 2020!" Berine: "You think it is 2020? What are you, nuts?"

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[–] jallab 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Ahaha, shocker!

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[–] FreeSpeachRocks 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Coming soon... Intern at McDonald's... learn how to cook fries and flips hamburgers... we may even teach you to work the drawer...

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[–] ShadowMongoose ago 

Intern is a legally defined and regulated term. You cannot just choose not to pay an employee by calling them an "intern".

There are interns at McDonald's but only for managerial and corporate positions.

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[–] gosso920 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

"I ain't working fries! Gotta work the register! How am I supposed to make any money if I don't work the register??!"

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[–] BoiseNTheHood 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Wonder how many of them are his "underpaid" shills working for $12/hour.

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[–] edistojim 0 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.

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[–] 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.

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