Ninety-nine percent of all participants in any kind of MLM lose money, a statistic so well documented, I don’t even know what to cite. In spite of these staggering losses, people keep signing up. According to MLM representatives, 18 million American households are under contract with one of these companies each year, and spend $20 to $30 billion in fees and purchases.76 That’s one in six Americans, the same number who get food poisoning annually (kind of a similar feeling), the same number who report depression (coincidence?). Each year, more than half of those 18 million are new
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