This is a double win for the Democrats. Not only do they get to vote for bipartisan legislation that is hugely popular but a million lost jobs will be on the books in the 4th quarter. You can bet they will be screaming bloody murder about "Bush's" huge increase in lost jobs without a mention of this bipartisan legislation that directly caused it. It is rare when the government really and truly "creates a job" or "loses a job." but this is it.
There is also no easy way to block foreign telemarketing. Using voice over IP (the affordable way to do it anyway) you will now be getting your telemarketing totally unregulated and with a bad Bombay accent. Oh sure, you'll see a big drop off next week and people will talk about how wonderful it is now that the telemarketers are gone, but bive them a few months to get setup and retooled overseas and what do you know the phones gonna start ringing at dinner again.
Good intentions - bad idea. Kind of like the Brady Bill, the TSA, Social Security, Prescription drug Medicare benefits... "Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem." It's sad to see conservatives get suckered.
There is also no easy way to block foreign telemarketing. Using voice over IP (the affordable way to do it anyway) you will now be getting your telemarketing totally unregulated and with a bad Bombay accent. Oh sure, you'll see a big drop off next week and people will talk about how wonderful it is now that the telemarketers are gone, but bive them a few months to get setup and retooled overseas and what do you know the phones gonna start ringing at dinner again. I dont think that foreign telemarketing is really a concern. The foreign telemarketers are not going to call the US to sell products or services that are not being sold by US companies. The legislation makes it a illegal for these companies to contact people on the no call list regardless of where the calls are made from. If the legislation doesnt do this now, it certainly will within days of when the first calls are made from overseas. Perhaps in twenty years when companies in China and India begin marketing directly to people in the US this will be a problem but not now. No clients, no calls.