> >I wrote my first-ever letter to congress yesterday, demanding a law that
> >protects the property rights of organizations over commercial speech and
> >allows for private civil enforcement (specifically an extension to the
> >TCPA). I also promised to help develop email technology which would
> >address the credibility issues, since that seems to be the popular
> >complaint against such an approach.
As to the TCPA legislation. I've done tele-marketing for 7 years now. I know
I'm the bad guy. You'd be suprised at the number of people who look forward
to you calling them. I do donations which isn't affected by TCPA, that's
more for calls concerning credit cards and so forth. Kansas is a 'no call
state' which means telemarketers can't call there from inside or outside of
Kansas, and it's not the only state.
A tele-marking group is lobbying against the national do-not call list.
Personally I think if a person doesn't want to be called they have that
right. I have no problem with the Do-not call list. I gladly put people on
the do-not call list when they ask because they don't want to donate to
charitable organizations anyway. Why waste time.
I have received a few tele-marketing calls myself. I consider them a
minor nusiance. If course I'm not bombarded with them either. I simply hang
up after I listen long enough to see what's being talked about.
Bill