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Lately I have been reading a lot about the idea of unpaid internships and how the President wants to make it illegal for for-profit companies(Companies other than non-profit organizations, government agencies etc) to utilize unpaid interns. The Oregonian even ran a story on April 21st called "Unpaid internships remain thorny issue for students, employers" I want to know are unpaid internships a good idea or is it just a form of exploitation on the behalf of some companies. The Oregonian story referenced some individuals who performed the duties of paid professionals, but received no compensation. Another person was told that her internship was paid only to find out that after the work was done that it was an "Unpaid Internship." I think this topic would make for a great show because unpaid internships are sounding more like scams for some companies to get free labor without providing any real valuable experience for interns. Possible guests could include companies who do provide valuable unpaid internships and believe in the importance of them or interns who have had negative experiences with unpaid internships. My philosophy of a beneficial  unpaid internship is whenever the company makes it a priority about what can we do for you rather than what can you do for us.

-Brea-

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