[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Isn't sad that N.Y. City "took away" the **jobs** of the people who would spit on the windshields of cars then ask the driver for money to clean it off? Yes, such sad, sad, Tommy Dachle sad, situations...

Not!!!

Harassment is not a right. I pay a monthly bill for my phone service telemarkerters don't. They have no "right" to use my phone if I don't want them to. Just as they have no right to trespass on my property to harass me about buying something.

[palmer]

I pay a monthly bill for my phone service

You haven't paid for solicitation-free service. That costs more, but it wouldn't cost much more if the government didn't over-regulate phone service to begin with. A problem created by state regulations is now "solved" with federal regulations.