2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The one thing that will stop Bernie Sanders.....his supporters [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)It is being made to be one by opponents who want to ignore the actualities of the situation.
Those being paid $10.00 are interns for his campaign. His Senate interns get $12.00 when many don't get anything at all. Their jobs during a campaign season are temporary and will not last longer than a little over a year. Compared to every other campaign including Clinton's which do not pay interns at all, he is giving them this amount but also health benefits for the full time interns. What other staff he has are making significantly more than this, however, because his campaign is small as are its finances, he has a much smaller staff.
And his legislation does not call for $15.00 hour in 2015. It is a graduated process such that $15.00 is reached in 2020. By 2016, it would be $9.00. By 2017, it would be $10.50. So he is not only paying interns, which is rather unheard of, he is also paying them $2.00 more than the minimum wage. Interns are still in a position of learning as much as they are working. That is why there are so many issues with unpaid interns being basically slave labor. Sanders does not treat his interns in that way.
So he is walking his talk. This is inline with everything he says and is campaigning for. To try and make be a flaw is just specious bullshit.