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I recently discontinued cable TV, which also provided phone service. I decided to get a wireline service, mostly because it works when the power goes off. Problem: 99% of the calls are robocalls. I looked into how to stop this, which (according to the internet) is expensive, difficult, and something about which the FCC and the rest of the State is powerless. This seems absurd to me. Why can't this practice be outlawed, and its practitioners be executed?

<p>Senate leaders announced Thursday a budget compromise that could break California's 24-day deadlock over spending and taxes.</p> <p>The proposal, which would still need approval from the state Assembly and the signature of Gov. Gray Davis, would finance the state's existing $10.7 billion deficit and impose more than $11 billion in cuts to all state services.</p>