Telemarketing Industry Begins PR Campaign
from the boo-hoo-hoo dept
It appears the telemarketers are beginning the latest phase in their PR campaign against the "do not call list". They've gotten an article written up about a poor, unemployed, blind man who can no longer find work as a telemarketer. It's not as if the people who are in favor of the do not call list have no sympathy for people put out of work by the end of telemarketing (not that telemarketing is really going away). However, no one ever said that, just because this guy is blind, he should have the right to invade our homes.
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What about foreign telemarketers?
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What about other Phone Help
Ofcourse this guy would have to find a company willing to set this all up for him (dis. act aside), but there are other phone jobs he might be able to get (and aren't offshore yet).
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Real Sad story is lack of jobs
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Are jobs just for Americans?
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Our own first
If the States put barriers on trade like the Asian countries have then they wouldn't be selling squat in this country.
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No Subject Given
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No Subject Given
The fact that people can make money from an activity doesn't necessarily mean that legalizing the activity (such as using the phone to annoy people who don't want to be annoyed) is good public policy.
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