[gitmo]

don't see why people were for this list. Telemarketers are just like any other business. If I don't like them calling I just hang up on them. I also have caller ID so I know who is calling. What happened to conservatives for free enterprise and capitalism?

No one has said the telemarketers should not be allowed to solicit sales over the phone. What the FTC did was allow the individual to put a "No thanks" sign out, meaning "Don't bother me. I'm not interested."

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

No one has said the telemarketers should not be allowed to solicit sales over the phone. What the FTC did was allow the individual to put a "No thanks" sign out, meaning "Don't bother me. I'm not interested."

You make a good point. You'd think that the telemarketers would be happy now that they have a list of people who actually WANT to be called (by default, that is). They won't have to deal with whistles being blown in their ears and having people hang up on them.

[Stefan Stackhouse]

No one has said the telemarketers should not be allowed to solicit sales over the phone. What the FTC did was allow the individual to put a "No thanks" sign out, meaning "Don't bother me. I'm not interested."

What the FTC didn't do was to make it possible for small businesses to see the "No Thanks" sign without paying an extortion fee of $7K+ per year, whether they could afford it or not. That is what is so objectionable. Laws that are difficult and expensive for even the law-abiding to comply with are always repugnant.