White House interns will be paid for the first time, in a change designed to make its internship program more accessible to lower-income students, the Biden administration said on Thursday.
If the average white house intern is as much of a ghoul as I’m imagining maybe they should just be unpaid interns forever
The only people who would be willing to do this (ESPECIALLY for free) are people who want it for the resume building, for the clout, or because they want to help out 'their' politician
While unpaid internships are absolutely barbaric, the sort of lanyard chasing, power hungry demons who take White House internships should be bullied more
And if you're naive enough to do it for free while thinking you're making a positive difference, hopefully you see otherwise
I dated a girl for a couple years that got a WH internship under fucking Trump. She had already married a former lobbyist who is now some Republican senators aid and between that and family money didn't really need a personal income. Remember her talking about how she wanted to be near the "movers and shakers" a lot. Also had very strong opinions about having a serious relationship with anyone that made less money than she was projecting herself to make.
It was like 10 years ago while she was still going back to school for poli sci. I'd like to think I was partially responsible for her leaving her fiance who was attending a police academy on the other side of the country when we first hooked up.
I dated a girl for a couple years that got a WH internship under fucking Trump.
Trump was actually great for the DC lanyard crowd, as senior officials were exiting the town in droves. I know a couple of people who landed entry level jobs at the DOJ mostly because there were suddenly so many new job openings. I've heard similar stories at the IRS, the EPA, the DEA, the FBI...
One reason I think the last five years have been so great for regional opponents of the American Empire is that all the people who knew what they were doing put in for early retirement and haven't really looked back.
The only people who would be willing to do this (ESPECIALLY for free) are people who want it for the resume building, for the clout, or because they want to help out 'their' politician
While unpaid internships are absolutely barbaric, the sort of lanyard chasing, power hungry demons who take White House internships should be bullied more
And if you're naive enough to do it for free while thinking you're making a positive difference, hopefully you see otherwise
I dated a girl for a couple years that got a WH internship under fucking Trump. She had already married a former lobbyist who is now some Republican senators aid and between that and family money didn't really need a personal income. Remember her talking about how she wanted to be near the "movers and shakers" a lot. Also had very strong opinions about having a serious relationship with anyone that made less money than she was projecting herself to make.
Hoping the hatesex was good. Because otherwise YIKES
It was like 10 years ago while she was still going back to school for poli sci. I'd like to think I was partially responsible for her leaving her fiance who was attending a police academy on the other side of the country when we first hooked up.
Probably for the best. :fidel-salute-big:
Trump was actually great for the DC lanyard crowd, as senior officials were exiting the town in droves. I know a couple of people who landed entry level jobs at the DOJ mostly because there were suddenly so many new job openings. I've heard similar stories at the IRS, the EPA, the DEA, the FBI...
One reason I think the last five years have been so great for regional opponents of the American Empire is that all the people who knew what they were doing put in for early retirement and haven't really looked back.