Just Over Broke

You probably get hundreds of emails a week promising great riches. "Financial Freedom", "Earn Money While You Sleep", "Be Your Own Boss", "Create Your Own Destiny", "Escape Your Dead End Job", "Be Able to Watch Your Kids Grow Up While Making Money", "Work at Home", are all common headlines. Are these statements true? First, let's have a reality check. Today over 90 percent of start-up businesses on the Internet fail within the first year. The majority of these fail in a few short months. Why? The answer to this is simplistic. Many people are conned into a program that cannot succeed without selling the same program to other people. This is a typical example of a pyramid, and when you run out of suckers to sell the program to, you are out of business. Others jump into a program without finding out the particulars first. Envelope stuffing is a perfect example. You are promised one dollar for every envelope you stuff. With visions of "sugar plums dancing in your head", you figure you could do hundreds a day. Let's face it - machines can stuff thousands an hour. Why would someone pay you a dollar apiece? They won't - it's a con - pure and simple. Some might stumble on a legitimate venture - yes there are some out there. But they followed the "Earn Money While You Sleep" routine. They believe if they follow some simple directions, they will be "rolling in dough" without having to do any work. When the postman isn't filling their mailbox with $20 bills, they lose heart and quit. Others might buy some "obsolete government reports" on a CD and believe the "rap" that they can sell each one for $15 a pop. They get a free email account, a free web site, and are in business with just the cost of the CD. That business might last a week. The ones I get a kick out of are where they "front load" you with merchandise. You could have thousands invested before you realize you have been taken. Most of the people trying to sell this deal, are only trying to recover the money someone else conned them out of, and hope you will be gullible enough to let them fleece your pockets. Anybody want to buy a "water filter"? I know someone with a garage full. With the exception of a na