Why does the government let a company like Herbalife stay in business?
I have no idea how you&#x27;re supposed to find this organically; Here&#x27;s the PDF that tells the tale:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;opportunity.herbalife.com&#x2F;Content&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;business-opportunity&#x2F;StatementAverageCompensation2011EN.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;opportunity.herbalife.com&#x2F;Content&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;business...</a><p>In 2011, in the US ~351,000 people were on the roles as individual sellers. The pdf even acknowledges &quot;Single-level Distributors benefit from buying Herbalife products
at a preferred price for their consumption and that of their families, and for many this is the only benefit
they seek.&quot;<p>Those 351,000 people are the product for the &quot;Supervisors&quot;<p>Here&#x27;s another one for 2013: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;opportunity.herbalife.com&#x2F;Content&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;business-opportunity&#x2F;statement_average_gross_usen.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;opportunity.herbalife.com&#x2F;Content&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;business...</a><p>400,000 people who earned nothing at all from herbalife as individual sellers (they could potentially profit from selling product, but that&#x27;s quite rare, it looks like 50,000 people bought more than the minimum [see footnote in pdf]).<p>Next, 43,000 people who could potentially earn money from their downline (see the 400,000 chumps above); but only 2,300 actually did earn anything at all.<p>Next, the actual winners in the pyramid: 73,000 people at the top. But wait, 18 percent earned $0 and another 56%  earned $250 on average. So how many people in the pyramid earn above minimum wage? Something like 2,600 people.