Should there be a minumum wage for on-line workers?

Additionally, if you find the right programs, work hard enough to develop an income, you could make a lot more then $4/hr. I have been working at building an income since August. I spend about 120-180 hours a week and made $524 a month...I think I will make about $800 this month.

I simply cannot believe that everyone here seems to think that working from home - online means that you do not have a real job. I have a REAL job from home - working on the computer writing articles...and guess what? I get paid? No, it is not hourly, but it is per assignment and I can take on as many assignments as I like. I actually make more money doing this then what I could do outside of the home. And no, I don't write naughty stuff or anything without morals... But to say that it is not a "real job"..... so attorneys who owe their own law firm really don't have a "real" job then...because while they can charge an hourly rate while working for a client - they are not working and charging the whole time they are at the office so I guess that isn't a "real" job... Or a car saleman who works on commission..he/she doesn't have a real job either.... Or the person who does graphic design from home who makes a killing - but because he/she does not get a solid $10/hour for every hour they work - they don't have a "real" job either????????????

I am not sure that I should even reply to this since I feel rather like you cussed my out without saying any bad words. However, being the person that I am and having a response...I will provide it. Most, and I do mean most and not all, people who sit on their computer and hope to make a living don't really view it is a small business or self employment. If they did they wouldn't be asking questions about hourly pay (which at lest for me, is sometimes more then $20/hr, and sometimes, well...crappy), they wouldn't be on hundreds of sites desperate to know if it can work and if there is a way to make it happen. They would know that small business take a lot of work. They would know that when you own your own business, especially when starting out you work more hours then the pay is worth. They would also know that it can be done. That the more you work, the more it is worth it. That you have to find programs that work for you and then you have to really stick to it. You can increase your hourly wage into something worth talking about. But most don't know that. They are hoping to make money from home sitting in their pj's. Tell them they can make thousands a month working an hour or two a day and they are dropping hundreds of dollars down the drain. Don't be offended if you are one of the few who views your job as a real job, or who views it as a small business or self-employment. Be thankful that you have the right mindset! However, most people don't, and won't. Any my point had much more to do with monitoring work at home peoples and jobs then it did defining "real".