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Tauzin To Delay National "Do Not Call" List
akb writes "The Washington Post is reporting that Billy Tauzin (R, LA), powerful chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has told the FTC that he will block their request for funding for the national do-not-call list in order to review the plan. A spokesman said Tauzin does not oppose the creation of the do-not-call list but is concerned with giving the FTC carte-blanche and would like to clarify what the role of the FCC is in the matter. The FTC had hoped the do-not-call list would be implemented by the middle of this year, they said delay in the funding proposal would push implementation back at least 6 months."
A spokesman said Tauzin does not oppose the creation of the do-not-call list but is concerned with giving the FTC carte-blanche and would like to clarify what the role of the FCC is in the matter
Sure... don't believe everything a politician says.
It's much more politically feasable to say "I just need to check on the FTC powers" then to say
"My funders oppose the do-not-call list".
> It's much more politically feasable to say "I just need to check on the FTC powers" then to say "My funders oppose the do-not-call list".
Voters' votes, donors' funds?
Politics is one hell of an optimization problem.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Yeah, that's it. That's the ticket. Coincidence.
Billy boy has nothing but good intentions
for the telco user. Really. He's as pure as dial-tone.
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
Carnivore and DMCA brought to you by Bill Clinton and Al Gore
SSSCA/CBDTPA brought to you by Fritz Hollings
Face it, when money talks in our dictatorship-I-mean-democratic republic, legislators tend to listen. There are only two things that can be done, let the states hold their Congresscritters accountable criminally and civilly so that even if the feds don't take action, the states are free to do so. Then reduce the size of the government so that the average corporation won't get anything from lobbying. The **AA would stop lobbying overnight if the courts took a hardline, strict constructionist interpretation of Article I, Section 8, Clause 8.
You get the kind of government you vote for. Are you whiners really voting for the right party (LP)? Thought not.
Click here or a puppy gets stomped!
I can tell you why telemarketers oppose the list. They oppose the list because many people are too polite or simply too easily swayed or browbeaten by telemarketers and end up buying a lot of crap that they don't really want or need. For example, I know many people who claim they hate telemarketing calls and yet they STILL BUY CRAP FROM THEM WHEN THEY CALL!!!! However, every single one of these people have also told me that they would would sign up for a do-not-call list if one were available. Telemarketers know that they will lose a lot of business because there are many people like this, so they are fighting the lists.