With the way the White House has relentless pushed for a minimum wage increase:
Here are 28 million reasons why it's time to raise the minimum wage → http://t.co/xK0HzjtaB5 #RaiseTheWage pic.twitter.com/rG1s8X45EH
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) April 28, 2014
If we #RaiseTheWage we'll help 28M+ American workers, that's 1.7M+ in NY alone pic.twitter.com/s2mps0Wbvr
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 28, 2014
1-0-1-0 for O-H-I-O!
More than 1 million Ohioans would benefit if Congress voted to #RaiseTheWage to $10.10 → http://t.co/xK0HzjtaB5— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) April 28, 2014
Why should we #raisethewage? Because a small raise can make a big difference in lifting families out of poverty: pic.twitter.com/pBGRnKmtXC
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) April 28, 2014
Hey Texas: More than 2.9 million Texans would benefit if Congress voted to #RaiseTheWage → http://t.co/xK0HzjtaB5 #YallDeserveARaise
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) April 28, 2014
FACT: More than 1.1 million Pennsylvanians will benefit if Congress votes to #RaiseTheWage → http://t.co/G5LM6102cb
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) April 28, 2014
"Nobody who works full-time should ever have to live in poverty." —President Obama on why it's time to #RaiseTheWage pic.twitter.com/vJwOnBeS7b
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) April 28, 2014
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You’d think they’d be only too eager to lead by example.
Fat chance:
Minimum wage for 300 White House interns: $0.00 per hour http://t.co/v5lcvZo82E
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 29, 2014
From HuffPo, via Instapundit:
The White House declined multiple opportunities to comment on whether it would rethink its position on not compensating the roughly 300 interns who work there each year. Also met with silence was Stephen Lurie, who elevated the issue in a recent Washington Post op-ed. In it, he told the president: “Unpaid internships contradict your commitments and your economic agenda.”
“It is pretty indefensible from a publicity point of view, given the nature of their outreach on a lot of other economic subjects,” Lurie said of the lack of a response from the administration, which dates back to April 3. “There is not a huge constituency they have to answer to. Who are they going to piss off by not answering? Right now it is just young people and economic-justice advocates.”
Sounds like the White House needs some perspective — and a good intellectual smacking. Fortunately, expert White House smacker Iowahawk is up to the task:
Diff between entry level Walmart job and White House internship?
1. Walmart pays.
2. Nobody giggles at "I'm an entry level Walmart worker."— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 29, 2014
If they raise the minimum wage, White Castle should change its name to White House and start offering "prestigious Slider internships."
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 29, 2014
Heh. One more:
White House interns shouldn't expect money. They get paid plenty in terms of experience, prestige, and dress stains.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 29, 2014
Ouch!
https://twitter.com/lrc328/status/461120640192233472
Yes. He. Did. And we love him for it.
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