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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 06:52 PM Feb 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pays his campaign interns, but most

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

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pays his campaign interns, but most (if not all) of the other major presidential candidates do not.


CLAIM: Bernie Sanders is one of the few 2016 presidential candidates (if not the only one) to pay his campaign interns.

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First, the candidates offering unpaid internships are not breaking any laws. In most cases, it is perfectly legal to hire interns for non-paying positions as long as those interns receive some tangible benefit (such as school credit or valuable work experience) in return. Second, some candidates, such as Republican Ben Carson, do offer their interns others forms of compensation, such as stipends for food or travel. And neither we nor the Washington Post have unable to determine if GOP candidate Donald Trump's campaigns offers internships (or, if so, whether those internships are paid positions), although we note that interns at Trump Entertainment Resorts are reportedly paid $10 an hour.

The campaign teams of Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie have all recently posted advertisements seeking interns for non-paying positions. A recent posting on Bernie Sanders' web site, on the other hand, advertises a paid internship position (although such ads do not necessarily indicate that all campaign internship positions are paying ones):
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pays his campaign interns, but most (Original Post) cal04 Feb 2016 OP
15 bucks an hour, pugetres Feb 2016 #1
In the article it says $12 cal04 Feb 2016 #3
To be fair SmittynMo Feb 2016 #4
He pays local police. He pays interns. I love this guy. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2016 #2

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
4. To be fair
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 10:53 AM
Feb 2016

Bernie has always advertised 15 an hour over the next few years. 12 would be great to be an intern.

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