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Time to pay the interns?

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    Scrutiny grows over unpaid internships

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-- welcome back it up by the -- having great time at a commercial breaks today we'll tell you later on Twitter -- -- OK that's what I talk about now though Bob.

Interns internships important ways to start getting it out not that -- I got that kind of problem in America.

-- -- it's very important I think all of us Robin had internships along the way some internships are -- -- -- unpaid Charlie Rose -- just had settle a lawsuit.

To pay college interns a minimum wage -- 250000 dollar lawsuit.

Andrea did you intern I did -- -- addition to working at the diner.

Yes see that's a difference and I think that summit but didn't pay you if I -- trying to hold it together here -- -- -- -- -- -- Internet so I go to this right over here into did you answer and.

I did not necessarily in -- but I -- my first double -- he had the work for like really really no money that's just not like hundred bucks are better.

-- did bobbing in -- weed people -- you find out who wants to be there -- -- be -- integrate -- -- for teaching people.

You know the skills and need that.

Two handle a job later it's also great for -- Business.

-- it well it is it's a great way it -- to find out what you don't wanna do in the future you can learn things about you did you have an -- unpaid internships.

I interned.

For Bill Hemmer.

-- -- -- -- -- Can't say what happened except that I can't go down to the basement ever again but for information on this topic I tried to contact an organization called.

Liberal business owners of America but it didn't exist.

The left I don't make a point is serious when -- the left hates this myth.

That people toiled for years on this low low wage job but no they don't they only on that low rung of the -- For a short time.

That's why it's low paying and that's -- a -- run you've got to put a little bit because I studied it.

Blow up a low paying job passed -- in the low -- in order to get people up on that that's why.

If you make it be made that little run high paying -- the the the unskilled worker can't get up there and move up that's what the biggest -- that off a -- time is that sweatshops are bad -- sweatshop sweatshops for emerging economies of -- -- workers with no skills and then over time the country moves away from it but you -- What I got to do it my first -- -- first -- -- Malaysia -- I was from the security guard her funeral.

But the good that there's been a lot of business that other NAFTA but don't tell -- -- -- did a lot of work.

Dana is on the biggest employers in New York City and I had to walk around the -- the caskets every -- they what -- they imaginary flat.

Well somebody was still the rings hello people put stuff in the -- rigs that go ended.

-- Well that's that's another part of this story which is there's that there's internship part which I think is valuable you can learn -- learn skills and -- you can see if you wanna work there and then also it is an employer a chance to see if they want to hire you because an employer when -- that.

-- and you're not making that.

Much -- that production difference in the company.

-- that employers put up -- the minimum wage increases going around the country we just but -- a new one this haven't ran by the hour gusts.

Some people want -- even increase that Eric Moore.

And that actually has led.

According to these studies to more teen unemployment and young people on -- plant which delays -- development and their ability to invest in themselves for later on there.

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Now that I stopped laughing angry and give them an incident we're really out of the ground laughing.

Well I did so I did intern I wasn't working at the restaurant I had to get it differently -- job and I was backing up the vacuuming up Bob Novak popcorn.

At CNN with a -- but -- got the pleasure not glorious but we didn't get paid to do it and I think -- they start to impose minimum wage on it's it's it's it's God's sake you're not going to be able to debts and an internship I probably wouldn't even have that internship if there was a small business owner before I committed to New York.

I've wanted to get an -- -- -- -- is menial tasks that you need done but that's how people -- but.

If you had to do if you are under threat of lawsuit like Charlie Rose was I don't think the -- that's Anderson a cumulative.

Where you let me to say.

I what you know I have a -- -- -- right now -- rumors.

Which I actually don't pay at all I just give them afternoon back -- And I know that working because they're trembling -- the radical fringe benefits -- I at this I people would benefit friends of benefits.

-- -- -- Dina I was at my minimum wage job with it and college 6:2 AM to 6 am country music DJ and this has wanted to hit songs from their coming up it's been.