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2016 Postmortem

SheenaR

(2,052 posts) Thu Feb 11, 2016, 04:31 PM Feb 2016

The horror of Bernie paying his interns less than $15 per hour!

Turns out, after some digging by snopes.com, he is the ONLY candidate to actually PAY his interns

Snopes offers the disclaimer that he may not be the only one, they just can't find any evidence to the contrary.

http://www.snopes.com/bernie-sanders-unpaid-interns/

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The horror of Bernie paying his interns less than $15 per hour! (Original Post) SheenaR Feb 2016 OP

I remember volunteering back in the late 70s/early 80s, got paid $8-$10/hour. Above today's Min Wage! TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #1

TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts)

1. I remember volunteering back in the late 70s/early 80s, got paid $8-$10/hour. Above today's Min Wage!

Reply to SheenaR (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 05:11 PM

Feb 2016

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What the EFF is wrong with this country today?

Even volunteers for political campaigns got paid back then! NOW everybody wants people to WORK FOR FREE!

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