The Ethics of Money Slavery

I have an internal dilemma that I am trying to work through. I am hoping that sharing my thoughts in print will give this situation some clarity. The issue revolves around money. More specifically my current lack of it. And it has got me thinking about the ethics of money slavery.

This emerging phenomenon within the BDSM community has many names: Money Slavery, Financial Slavery, Human ATM's, Money Piggies, Financial Humiliation, Financial Domination...and probably many more terms that I might be forgetting.

The concept is simple, the financial slaves are used for their money by a needy Princess/Mistress. Some will go so far as to incorporate consensual blackmail. But is this practice a legitimate form of BDSM or is it just abuse?

I am grappling with it right now. The idea of marketing my need for money and essentially begging for it is repugnant to me. Yet, my disgust is overshadowed by my unpaid bills and my empty wallet.

True BDSM to me involves more of a physiological component. Both D/s do not need to be in the same room together. I for one excel at maintaining online relationships with my subs. I ask myself ..."Can there be room for financial compensation; compensation for my time?"

The internet is littered with copious amounts of humiliation websites. Men from all over the world gladly will pay for the opportunity to be humiliated via email, web video or they simply enjoy reading the Mistress's humiliation posts.

My dream is to one day have my own website, and yes it would be a paid-membership based site. To me that is a legitimate business where I am being paid for my services. Financial slavery on the other hand feels like begging.

Here is my dilemma. I first need money in order to pay a web designer to create my website in order to make money. So that brings me to the "Sub Question of the Day" As a matter of fact, this day I have 3 questions for my subs.
My 3 questions for my subs today are...

1. Is money slavery a viable means of income for a Mistress, similar to a website capitalizing on member subscription humiliation?
2. Is there an emotional benefit for the sub to financially reward his online Mistress?
3. Have you had a Financial Mistress before?

Email me your response to the Question of the Day email address:   yesmistressmadison@yahoo.com
All replies will be read and appreciated.
Until we meet again my loyal servants

~ Mistress Madison
(Stay tuned, in my next blog post I will reveal to you what Responsible BDSM means to me)