Hey Mike, I couldn't agree with you more. Companies that require a monthly investment no matter if you make any money or not are a drain on your finances for sure. The only ones who seem to make money from them are the ones at the top.
But how can an offer you invest a small amount in one time with a product you receive full value for and get into a matrix with such a big payoff with no further cash required be classified in the same category?
I realize that the program owner makes far more than the cost of delivering the free laptops from each matrix, but then again he has all the headaches of running the program so he is entitled to a profit. There is no income directly from getting signups like other MLM programs. That's how they can offer the product (the Ebook library) and a fair value without inflating it to cover the cost of recruiting. I have seen the same library on the net for $49, but since at that price it is offered without a matrix is it a better value?