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[–] jawsgst 1 point -1 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!

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[–] TexasComments [S] 0 points 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!

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[–] jawsgst 1 point -1 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?

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

Reminds me of this

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

Bernie: "Supports a $12 minimum wage rising to $15 in 2020.", pays interns in his 2016 campaign $12/hour. Republicans: Think it is 2020 already.

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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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[–] inDSM 0 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.

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[–] ShadowMongoose 0 points 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.

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[–] darwin_prime 1 point 0 points (+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.

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