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This has nothing to do with government regulating business. It has to do with preserving the sanctity of private homes. It is said that a man's home is his castle. It should stay that way. The private home is not a proper place for businesspeople to make their solicitations.

The government has no business protecting anything people willingly choose to make vulnerable. If you parade around your house naked and leave the blinds up, you have no right to expect the government to insure no one sees you and invades the "sanctity" of your private home with their eyes.

A telephone is a kind of window on the world. There are things people can do themselves to prevent telephone solicitation. They are not necessarily convenient, but neither is having to pull down your own blinds. Maybe you want the government to do that for you too.

You install a telephone you are porviding an entrance to your home that is available to anyone with a phone. Anybody can call your phone. That's the nature of a telephone and you knew that when you installed it, and it is one of the reasons you installed it. But, like all other useful things in this world, it can be used in ways you might not like. Like the actual door to your house, anyone can come to the it, unless you take measures to prevent that. So, with your phone anyone can come to you via that, but, just as you can always shut your door, you can always hang up.

Why does everyone think they must have the government eliminate every possible inconvenience and discomfort from their lives for them. And why do they think they have the right to force other people to pay for it. That's the real intrusion.

This is just another surrender of personal responsiblity to the government and another intrusion of government on business and individuals forced to pay for other's convenience. Like all the other oppresive measures, they exist because some people like them, and really don't give a damn about freedom, or liberty, or being responsible for their own lives.

Hank

The government has no business protecting anything people willingly choose to make vulnerable.
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Anybody can call your phone.

And anyone can spam your email account with all sorts of vile and disgusting offers. Many of the unsolicited emails I receive would be in violation of federal laws if they were sent via the US postal service.

The government is not the ones regulating these calls. The people are. It's the same with trespassing laws: someone posts a sign (similar to a don't call list for the phone) and if someone still trespasses, then a sheriff is called. It is exactly the same with the don't call list--this is the "do not trespass" sign, and it's on our phones.

Honestly, I can't think of a more damaging "p.r." ploy than what the telemarketers are using now. By trying to force themselves on people, they're alienating more and more of any potential market. By the time this is over and decided, telemarketers will be hated even more than politicians.

Okay I will opt off the list if you redeem me for the cost of the interstates built and maintained in your state. More than 80% of the public is in favor of the list and 60 million households have signed up. If there wasnt a problem, you wouldnt see this response. Government does have some legitimate responsiblities and not being harrassed by telemarketers is one of them. If you dont agree, then give me your address I will pay the quarter to pay your share of the lists cost. You are either a slimeball telemarketer or an off the wall kook.

"Why does everyone think they must have the government eliminate every possible inconvenience and discomfort from their lives for them. And why do they think they have the right to force other people to pay for it. That's the real intrusion."

Well said. You nail the essential problem with most citizens in the U.S. today.

I am astounded at the numerous members of the is forum, FreeRepublic.com, that constantly defend and encourage unconstitutional government intrusion and regulation of fellow citizens lives.

They complain loudly when the government intrusion and regulation does not fit their lifestyle or agenda, but when it does fit their agenda, there is no objection at all.

And worst than that, they call themselves conservatives and/or Republicans.