The beauty of a Home Based Internet Business is that it does not discriminate against anyone on the basis of his/her age.
Governments the world-over appear determined to see the average person (ie: the people who pay their wages and very healthy retirement benefits) work until it is far too late to enjoy any semblance of retirement. Here in Australia, our Prime Minister (John Howard) and his Treasurer (Peter Costello), think it is necessary for us all to consider working until we are into our seventies.
What they (the Governments) do not understand is that age-discrimination is a huge drawback to the mature-aged worker when seeking employment. Ideas put in place in an attempt to address this problem are farcical. In many cases, if you lose you job for any reason at age 45 and over, you are constantly overlooked in favour of younger people who command less in wages, and who may provide a longer term of potential employment. Experienced Workers are often left to struggle for months, or even years, on Social Security payments.
I know this for a fact, as despite 30 years and a wealth of experience in the workforce, I found myself on the scrap-heap at a tender...