Seldom do I quote the far-right Daily Caller, much less agree with it, but never say never. (HT: AL).
I tells it like it is, and lets the chips fall where they may. Check it [emphasis mine]:
I tells it like it is, and lets the chips fall where they may. Check it [emphasis mine]:
According to a new study by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI), only four percent of the 210 lawmakers who pledged their allegiance to a bill raising the minimum wage pay their interns.The Fair Minimum Wage Act would increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour. EPI found that 96 percent of its House and Senate supporters give their interns a minimum wage of zero.
For shame, my liberal comrades!
Seriously though, I've written before about the institutional elitism of unpaid professional internships. There ought to be a law against them, except in very special circumstances. If something is worth doing, it's worth paying for; if it's worth paying for, then unpaid interns shouldn't be allowed to do it. They displace people who are looking for jobs but can't afford to work for free.
Why is it elitist, you ask? Because only young interns from well-off families can afford to work for free on Capitol Hill to gather up DC connections and pad their resumes.
By Breanna Deutsch
January 26, 2014 | The Daily Caller
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