But, It's My Money, Right?

Well, that depends on who you ask. Apparently, today there is a real conflict over who's money it is anyway. Those who work hard to earn it believe it's theirs, and those who legislate believe it's theirs. Once you've made a few bucks, I can guarantee those who want to take it away from you are not far away. Some of them even have web sites detailing how you can send them your money.

U.S. Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Federal Trade Commission

Government agents plan to surf thousands of Web sites to ensure they are complying with a new federal law that bans Internet companies from collecting personal information from children without a parent's permission. Under the CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT, which goes into effect April 21, 2000, sites that collect personal information like a name or address from a child under age 13 without a parent's permission could be fined as much as $11,000.
The impact this law will have on small business is still yet to be seen, but the possibilities are downright scary. One outcome that seems evident is that it will tend to drive small Internet companies out of business by imposing on them a huge financial burden of compliance with federal law. If you collect names for a mailing list, will you now have to verify the persons age? What if you maintain on on-line Forum, a guestbook, user survey, or conduct an on-line contest? Will you now have to move your web site to a secure server and implement credit card verification services? Will you be required to maintain a database that parents can use to review the information you have online? What will the costs be to implement all that?
Already commercial Web sites are scrambling to get ready for the new rules, which require sites to get parental permission before obtaining any information from kids under the age of 13. Some sites are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to make their sites compliant with the rules. How many small business do you think can afford that kind of expenditure to comply with federal law?
Web site operators who operate commercial sites directed at children under 13 and who collect personal information about them OR those who operate a general audience web site and have actual knowledge that it collects personal information from children under 13 will have to comply with the rule. To be in compliance a web site will have to post notices about their practices on their sites; obtain verifiable parental consent - either by credit card, signed document or some other form of verification - before collecting and disseminating that information. The law also includes a provision that would permit parents of children under 13, with proper identification, to review the information and stop its disclosure.
FTC Kidz Privacy Site
FTC To Look Into Cost of Implementing Child Privacy Act
FTC Testifies in Support of Federal Legislation Protecting Children's Online Privacy

The government's eventual collection of its share of Internet commerce-generated revenues is inevitable, members of a congressional Internet tax study panel said in June, 1999. Opening statements from 17 of the 19 present members of the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce showed that a majority believe the Internet cannot remain effectively tax-free forever. [USA today, June 23, 1999]

The truth is, IT IS YOUR MONEY! and it's being stolen from you every day.

Treasury Tax Secrets | Freedom Above Fortune | We The People | Freedom Law School

Internet Fraud

Internet Fraud Watch

Along with the explosive growth of the Web has come explosive growth in Internet fraud and "get-rich-quick" schemes. Beware of such claims! Educate yourself about the differences between what constitutes a legitimate business opportunity and Pyramid Schemes, Ponzi Schemes, and Related Frauds.

Multi-Level Marketing

Multi-Level Marketing or Network Marketing has long been associated with fraudulent "get-rich-quick" schemes. Certainly any economic endeavor will attract those looking for the fast buck and those unscrupulous ones who are determined to separate your from your money. What's new about that? You even find those folks on Wall Street and in Washington, D.C. The trick is to separate the frauds from the legitimate opportunities. And, there are legitimate opportunities!
A long standing principle in the Free Enterprise system is "buyer beware." It is the buyers responsibility to educate themselves so they can make an informed buying decision.

FTC Page on MLM's | What's Wrong With Multi-Level Marketing?

Corporate Cover-Up

The truth is, ALL businesses are structured as a "pyramid." You have the owners, CEO's, and other executives at the top of the pyramid with the management people in the middle and the workers at the bottom. The difference between this corporate pyramid structure and legitmate network marketing companies is that in the corporate environment, those at the top have a vested interest in protecting their elevated positions at the expense of those below them. In network marketing, ALL those in the business have an EQUAL opportunity to share in the overall success of the business. Indeed, it is not uncommon for someone to enter towards the bottom of the pyramid structure only to rise in a short time to a top level position in the company. You WILL NOT find that sort of opportunity in the corporate pyramid.
There has been a long standing conspiracy in our society perpetrated by corporations, labor unions, government officials, attorneys, educators, and others to protect the corporate pyramids and the wealth they assimilate. In fact, we are all involved in network marketing every day of our lives. We recommend movies, restaurants, books, music, stores, services, and the whole gamut of business. But, rarely are the ones who are making those recommendations rewarded for doing so. In multi-level marketing, all those along the chain who recommends products and services are rewarded for their efforts. In the corporate environment, or "single-level" marketing when you make a recommendation the company keeps the rewards for themselves.
The corporate pyramids indeed have an economic interest in maintaining their single-level marketing system and keeping the truth about multi-level marketing from the public. Following are some resources they don't want you to see.

About Network Marketing

In more recent years Network Marketing has been gaining in acceptance and popularity. It is proving itself to be an effective, professional, and rewarding business model. Witness the growth of "Affiliate Programs" on the Internet. Affiliate programs ARE multi-level marketing. Nearly all business that market on the Internet now have an affiliate program to reward others for recommending their services. I'm sure you've heard of MCI's "Friends and Family" program. That is network marketing. You recommend your friends and family to sign up for MCI long distance and you are paid a commission. Amazon.com has not grown to be the company they are by adhering to old business practices. No! They offer their network of thousands of affiliates (network marketers) commissions for recommending books and other products.

Legitimate "WORK THE WEB" opportunities:

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