Kenneth,

Thanks for your post.

If a person is thinking about jumping into a forced matrix program they need to first get out their caculator and determine just how many members would have to be enrolled in order to have 1 member placed in their matrix, if they are on the 7th level.

They may find the #'s don't add up.

A few years ago they had what were reffered to as "Download Building Clubs" where all a person had to do is join, pay their fee, and the upline was susposed to build the downline.  (Guess what)?  A lot of people fell into the trap, and never made any serious money.

Now it took the (Something for Nothing) marketers quite a while to come to the conclusion they were being duped, but finially they became wise and quit joining.  Then all of a sudden there were the Forced Matrix, where we will fill your matrix for you.

So Here We Go Again!

On Kathleen's Comment on S.S.

In 1978 there were 100's of Trillions of dollars in the SS fund.  There were politian's that could not stand the fact they weren't able to spend it.  So during Christmas recess a group of them stayed in Washington and rushed a Bill through that would transfer the funds from the SS fund into the General Fund, where it could be spent on their earmarks and special projects.

Guess what political group was in control at the time, with a President that was of the same political party?

The one thing I have learned is when the government says they are going to give you something, you have to wonder who they are going to take it from!

OK, I guess I had better step down from the soap box and let someone else jump on!

 Hey Kenneth

There are plenty scams out there on the net and people will join them in drothes

The quest for a fast buck outweighs any obligations like mortgages and such

There are some good points in all replies but the way i look at it is if you are

anyone else thinks that you will become rich overnight without winning the

lottery GOOD LUCK. To many people get scammed out of their hard earned money

but to put it bluntly if it seems to good to be true it probably is
Bruce

Awesome post, Ken! I've written a good deal on Ponzi schemes, and it never ceases to amaze me how many people still get ripped-off by this. Like 12DailyPro. I wrote about them. I joined and paid to be involved, just because I wanted more information. I warned folks about them, and people actually got rude with me in their opposition to my position on the matter. Many would not listen. Many more lost a lot more money.

Wake up and smell the coffee folks! Listen to Ken!

Have an awesome day, Ken!
Trina

Hello Trina,

You are so right that they won't listen. I've seen some of your posts in the past years on these scams and the way people threaten, yes, I said THREATEN, those that try to warn them. They would rather try to do something dishonest and make a killing rather than really WORK at something honest and build it up. It's known as INSTANT GRATIFICATION. Want it and want it N O W ! The same behavior that people displayed in getting mortgages on a house that was really beyond their means. SOme lied on their income. Some went for risky variable rate mortgages thinking that all will continue to climb in value and incomes keep growing, etc ...

Whatever happened to real work and real ways to make money. I am doing well with having a website that promotes my teaching materials along with me giving privates lessons in drumming and percussion; a real and educational business. Plus I make residuals from ads that are related to my business. This is what a lot of people have yet to understand.

People, do the DUE DILIGENCE when looking to get into a business and be sure you can afford down days from income. Nothing is ever free and all the promises in the world can't change that.

Have a great day.

Sword

Amen! I couldn't have said it better myself, Ken! While I was going through hard times, (yesterday) I would tell the people who called me for payment on credit cards, "I have to keep a roof over my family's head, that is my first priority. You'll get your money when I have some to give you." My house entered the foreclosure zone. No, I didn't buy bigger than I could afford... When the housing crash came down, my husband had no work. Nobody was building, remodeling... People were even plunging their own toilets! My husband has been a self-employed contractor for more than 20 years. His income was good... was. Mine isn't enough to replace his, being that Internet marketers are not spending money on professional services, like they used to, AND, let's face it: I've had a psycho online doing her level best to trash my reputation. That's not good for business.

I've come to be in a set of unfortunate circumstances, but I'm not going to roll over. I'm writing a book to make some money. I'm selling a book to make some money. (The book I published last fall...)

People! It doesn't matter how you came to be in your current situation. What matters is, what are you going to DO about it?

Thank you for this awesome thread, Ken!
Trina