[meyer]

Think of the "do not call" list as a "no soliciting" or "no tresspassing" sign on my phone line. Nothing illegal about that.

Twisting this into an employment issue won't help - these people aren't productive members of society. As long as they waste time invading the homes of the rest of us, their efforts are fruitless. If we did away with the IRS, would that be spun into an employment issue as well?

[myrabach]

"Twisting this into an employment issue won't help - these people aren't productive members of society."

I don't like telemarketers any more than anyone else. However, saying that these people are not productive members of society is crass and baseless.

Vast numbers of telemarketing employees are young people working while attending college, single moms doing the best they can, second-job people supporting themselves while they work up the success ladder, supplemental income to retirees, etc.

The loss of this kind of employment will greatly impact the lives of those above. And its those low end workers who will be impacted the most. The telemarkting companies... well yep, you guessed it... they are taking the business to Canada and overseas. One market closes, another opens up!

[Held_to_Ransom]

Twisting this into an employment issue won't help - these people aren't productive members of society.

What world is it you live where big companies spend their day operating as charities? Jobs will be lost, and in my state alone over 20 billion dollars a year in business was telemarketing sourced. Times that by 50. It won't be that big, but Bush may well regret he signed that thing come the next election. Even if the economy does well, he may say, wow, it could have soared. Well, that was his call. We shall see.