Your arguments are entirely at odds with your tagline, FRiend.
We disagree.
This is another instance where the government is seeking to “improve” the lives of its subjects (and I use that word intentionally) by exercising ever increasing levels of central control.
You appear to be just fine with that. I am not.
How can any supposed free-market supporter believe that if one supplies a commodity (labor), that they shouldn’t be paid the market value of it... based on demand?
Demand is shown by companies hiring on interns, thus there is a value for their work. Therefore, PAY them the free-market value of their work.
(or, at least, pay them the closest you can get with our current set of laws)