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)
Why do you believe that the government should set the market value, or that the value is only to be set in terms of dollars?
live Free or Die! (But don’t have unpaid interns) ;-P