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briandmyers · 3267 days ago · link · · parent · post: Out of all the Presidential candidates, only 1 pays their interns.
No, actually they don't. Volunteering and unpaid internships have nothing at all to do with the minimum wage, although I can see why you'd like to think so (since you disapprove of the concept). IF unpaid internships are legal, then they are (obviously) not affected by a minimum wage. Volunteering (also obviously) has nothing to do with a minimum wage. You've successfully hijacked a discussion about internships, in order to talk about what you want to talk about.Advocates of minimum wage have the awkward task of explaining why volunteering is good but unpaid internships are bad.