I've been listening to the pros and cons of this on NPR recently, Reggie. I am of two minds on it. On one hand I understand people wanting to be left alone. On the other, I think of the millions ( I am sure it would equal 50 million or more, many of them single moms, differently-abled, etc.) who would quickly become unemployed if they lost their telemarketing jobs AND there is nothing to keep one from using caller-ID, an answering machine, and/or just NOT answering the phone, to opt out on one's own and not expect the government to be a big brother about it. On the other hand, I did sign up for the state opt-out program here as soon as I heard about it.:-) Though, with an unlisted/non-published phont, plus those measures listed above, I've never been much bothered. I don't see them as much worse than tev or radio ads. We, each of us, always have the option to turn off the phone, tv, radio, etc.

kat

I DO wish people in this country would get as passionate about VOTING!