Does this sound familiar? I hope not, but it may. Have you ever wondered how wealthy became wealthy? Have you ever wondered why poor stay poor? Have you ever wondered why employees stay poor?

Forget wealthy, how about how you can maintain your current lifestyle without being chained to a job you hate for rest of your life?

If you're an employee and you care about your future then you better be wondering. The latest statistics on life in good 'ole USA tell a frightening but true story.

In America, after 40 years of working this is what life looks like today:

-29% are dead -63% depend on family and social security

Which means that 92% of working American population can look forward to being dead or dead broke when they are 60 years old. This doesn't mention that they were also miserable for 40 years on their way to becoming dead or dead broke. Is that your future?

-4% are financially secure -3% are still working -1% are wealthy

Are these people that much different than you? No! They just have different values of how to invest in (not spend) their time, energy and money.

60% of American families are living at or below poverty level as I write this. That's 140 Million people.

Over 50,000 jobs are cut each year. In last four months of 2001 U.S. Labor Department reported that 1.1 MILLION nonfarm jobs were eliminated. That wasn't for year, that was only for four months!

Parents have it rougher than singles do. 1 out of 5 parents works 2 jobs.

Women have it even rougher than men do. Nearly half of working mothers are single parents working 2 jobs.

Children are left to be raised by strangers, which kind of defeats purpose of being a parent. 74% of children in U.S. are cared for by people other than their parents for most of each week.

As you read this article I want you to read about these hidden treasures and look at your job or most traditional businesses. If you compare what you know to what I'm going to share with you it will be obvious to you that your job or traditional business can't offer you steal of a deal you can get with being an internet marketer.

So here we go. The 13 Hidden Benefits of Internet Marketing:

1. TAX BREAKS. Yes, terrific tax breaks. When you operate a home based business you can write off costs for: * The area in your home you use for business * Office supplies (including your computer) * Related tools (hosting fees, journals, magazines, cable TV), * Job expenses * Travel expenses * Meals and entertainment * Advertising * Your phone * Legal and professional services * Training * And much, much more.

Talk to an accountant to get a complete list of all tax breaks you may qualify for.

2. LOW STARTUP COSTS. Most businesses cost AT LEAST $5,000 to get started. That's VERY low end. You can actually start making money on internet by joining an affiliate program for free and marketing with free ads. Even if you're getting your own site up it can be done for only a few hundred dollars.

3. LOW OPERATING COSTS. Once you're up and running you can build your business on a budget of a hundred dollars a month or less. I'm including operating expenses like hosting fees, merchant accounts, etc. The less money you spend, more time it will take, but you don't have that choice in most businesses. You usually have to have a lot of cash or you can't get started.

4. HIGH PROFIT MARGIN. Since your costs are low you keep more of money you make from sales. If you sell a product delivered online (like e-books) you don't have to pay for shipping either.

5. MARKET FOR LITTLE OR NO MONEY. You probably already know this, but don't take it for granted. Online you can submit free ads, do ad swaps with your ezine, use pay per click search engines, etc. Check out how much advertising costs offline. Just to mail 1,000 letters costs $340.00! Instead you can e-mail your offer to 100,000 people for free.