Democrats are always bellowing about income
inequality. They want to raise the
minimum wage because it is the compassionate thing to do. But how do these lawmakers treat their interns. Not too good apparently.
A new study by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI)
has found that 96 percent of Congressional Democrats who support the Fair
Minimum Wage Act of 2013 do not paytheir
interns. The abstract of the study explained:
“…the same Members of Congress who are supporting a 40% wage hike
on private sector employers are simultaneously failing to provide any wages to
their own employee interns.”
In
recent months, the Democratic party has embraced raising the minimum wage as a key part of its
strategy for winning elections in 2014. The President’s senior advisor, Dan
Pheiffer, described it as “an important value issue when it comes to fairness,”
and President Obama is expected to discuss it in tonight’s State of the Union address.
Compassion and values go
so far with a democrat. You want an
example of two Americas. Look to Washington D. C.
H/T: Weasel Zippers
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