Chris Hansen's letter "DeVos should serve time for Quixtar scam at MSU" (SN 7/16) shows another small voice making incredible accusations at a company that has no need for such accusations.
What Mr. Hansen does not understand is what the compensation plan quixtar.com and its sister company Amway offer is better than any sales compensation plan offered in the nation.
In order to make a living wage, one would only need to sell $30,000 per month in order to make $7,000 per month. If you do this with an organization of people, then you make less - only $3,600 per month, approximately.
Do the top 10 percent make outrageous statements about money? A small handful do, I am sure. Do a lot of the top 10 percent make a lot of money off of books, CDs and events? Yes. But why shouldn't they, as long as they are doing what they are advertising?
The first thing taught to people who have done anything substantial is to write a book, cut a CD and go on a speaking tour.
I don't see Mr. Hansen making a big fuss because former President Bill Clinton promised the country a whole bunch of stuff during his campaign, didn't get it all done, then made money off speaking engagements.
The difference between Mr. DeVos and President Clinton are many but for the purposes of this letter are as follows: Mr. DeVos and the 10 percent of wealthy business owners using Quixtar have done it outside of what used to be called "traditional business."
Of course, if you look around these days, multilevel marketing organizations seem to be everywhere.
Quixtar and Amway are the model for multilevels the Federal Trade Commission uses.
Insurance companies and real estate companies use organization building, networking and old boy networks all day long to create wealth in society.
You can make money selling insurance or selling real estate, but you can make real money if you open up a shop and allow other agents to work with you.
Or course, you do get a part of that commission because it is your business.
Mr. Hansen is continuing to do what so many small voices on the Internet have already done - make opinions sound like facts.
James Harris
Vancouver, Wash., resident
