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Re:Calling Bullshit on Unpaid Interships by ryanklee on Thursday June 30, 2011 @01:27PM (#2714906)
4.9% of US pop. working at or below minimum wage is hardly insignificant.

http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2009.htm

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Re:Calling Bullshit on Unpaid Interships by yummyfajitas on Thursday June 30, 2011 @11:01PM (#2716832)
You are misreading. It's 0.8% of the US population and 4.9% of hourly (i.e., nonsalaried) workers.
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Re:Calling Bullshit on Unpaid Interships by ryanklee on Friday July 01, 2011 @10:39AM (#2718492)
Ah, yes, thanks. Still, I doubt 3.6 mil workers is an economically ineffectual number.
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Re:Calling Bullshit on Unpaid Interships by OstiaAntica on Thursday June 30, 2011 @06:14PM (#2715943)
They are all teenagers or part-timers.
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