Unpaid internships--unethical? illegal?

<p>Quite the society we have become. Unlimited amounts of government and private student loans have fueled tuition increases to astronomical levels, forcing most middle class students to take out large loans to fund their educations at usurious interest rates (compared to the cost of that money to the banks). We then force kids who are burdened by these loans to take jobs for no pay so they can get “experience” and hopefully a future job, despite the fact 50% or so of recent college graduates are either unemployed or employed in jobs not requiring a college degree. And we expect our society to thrive into the future??? Will the last man standing please turn out the lights.</p>