2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The one thing that will stop Bernie Sanders.....his supporters [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)Why?
Because interns are not standard workers. They are young students typically. They are not taking a short term campaign job to make money to pay their student loans, to save for a house, or to support a family. Hell, in almost all instances, interns do not get paid. They are taking these positions to support a campaign AND to learn about how campaigns work. Those employees that are in the position of working full time and this is the primary job only are getting much much more than the minimum wage.
As long as you continue to pretend that interns are equal to other types of employees and that this situation is no different than working at Walmart or McDonald's, then you can continue to feign moral outrage and some supposed hypocrisy.
If you accept the reality of the differences including context, then you will see that not only is Sanders far ahead of the curve, but he is indeed walking his talk. He is treating temporary, interns better than any other candidate in either party. Period.