Re: A question

> Perhaps for the same reason Terri Schiavo is being put to death?
> So who's really telling the truth?

The question was, why are the people who put up the merchants of deception site worried about being shut down by Quixtar IF what they are saying is true.
Your strawman answer has nothing at all to do with the discussion.

> But, then again, why would the government be investigating if there
> weren't some basis to the accusations? We'll just have to wait and see if
> Amway is absolved again (this isn't the first time they've been in court
> over their activities).

What is your source for this breaking news? Who says the government is again investigating Amway? Why would they?

> But I was using that as one of 2 examples. Would you rather discuss the
> pros and cons of the billion dollar illegal drug industry? There are
> "those" that say we should legalize drugs and reap the tax
> benefits. (No, I'm not one of "those"). But just because
> someone's doing it (selling drugs on the streets) doesn't make it right.

Again, what point are you trying to make here? Are you trying to compare Alticor to drug dealers? Come on, at least try to be honest in your arguements.

> As far as Quixtar... as Dustin pointed out, the average income is only
> $150. That's not much of a business. But lets take it one step further,
> let's think about this a minute... if the ones at the top are making a lot
> of money, yet the average income is $150, then there must be a lot of
> people losing quite a bit of money each year. That's how
> "averages" work.

And there are a lot of people losing money in every other type of business in existance as well. I addressed the average income issue in another post on this board but I would like to add one thing.

People who promote non-MLM business opportunities don't disclose average incomes because they don't have to. MLM's are required to do so.

People who promote non-MLM business opportunities often make outrageous income claims because they don't have to provide any proof. MLM's are forbidden from making income claims UNLESS they provide specific information regarding how they developed the numbers.

Still there are those within the MLM industry who continue to make unsupported income claims and who continue to break the rules. They don't last long in the industry, but they are always the one pointed to by people like you, Jim, who try to paint everyone in the industry with the same brush.

Regardless of what you would like everyone to believe, the entire MLM industry isn't bad. Regardless of what you would like everyone to believe, Quixtar as a whole isn't the great demon. There are some who don't do it right. They end up on Dateline claiming (on video tape mine you) that they make a quarter million a year. Luckily they don't last that long.