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Dr.Murray H. Smith content for USANA Article

Dr. Murry H. Smith, a New Zealand government statitician for the Commerce Commission and expert witness in every pyramid scheme case brought by the Commission for the past 10 years, opined that very few Usana distributors are likely to become wealthy going as far as stating "you can make a very strong argument that this could be a pyramid scheme." When asked by the National Business Review to review Usana's business structure and compensation plan it was his opinion from a statistical not legal standpoint that Usana demonstrated a number of characteristics commonly occuring in pyramid schemes including that most members recouping less than what they pay to participate, that those at the top of the structure are more likely to make more than those on the bottom of the structure and that as the company grows it will become harder to recruit others. Dr. Smith also noted the companys significant turnover in distributors making it necessary to continually recruit.

Looks solid. I made a few tweaks here and there...fixed a typo or two, some minor punctuation changes, added a hyperlink...etc. How does this look?

In 2008, Dr. Murray H. Smith, a New Zealand government statistician for the Commerce Commission who served as an expert witness in every pyramid scheme case brought by the Commission in the preceding 10 years, opined that very few Usana distributors are likely to become wealthy, going as far as to state "you can make a very strong argument that this could be a pyramid scheme." When asked by the National Business Review to review Usana's business structure and compensation plan, it was Smith’s opinion, from a statistical not legal standpoint, that Usana demonstrated a number of characteristics commonly occurring in pyramid schemes including that most members recoup less than what they pay to participate; that those at the top of the structure are more likely to make more than those on the bottom of the structure; and that as the company grows it will become harder to recruit others. Dr. Smith also noted the company’s significant turnover in distributors making it necessary to continually recruit.[1]

Thanks for the help! It looks good to me so should it be added to the article or added to the discussion section? If the article I'm guessing it would fit in under the Business Section or do you think it would be wise to include this under an alternative (maybe new?) section? Jean314 (talk) 12:32, 30 May 2011 (UTC)