| Comment Number: | OL-101730 |
| Received: | 11/27/2004 7:22:07 PM |
| Organization: | University of Arkansas |
| Commenter: | Matt DeMoss |
| State: | AR |
| Subject: | Trade Regulation Rule on Telemarketing Sales |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 310 |
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Comments:
I do not want to receive pre-recorded messages. I was initially very excited when the do-not-call list was brought into effect, to me it is very rare that the government is ever able to do anything so beneficial and non-controversial. Everyone I know would oppose allowing pre-recorded messages, and I believe almost everyone in the country save for a very small special interest group would oppose this. If this amendment goes forward, it would be a clear example of the government bending to the will of corporations while ignoring a very clear mandate from its people. Nobody like telemarketers. These days they are as likely to be calling from India as from Tulsa, so I don't buy the idea that allowing these calls will stimulate job growth. The argument for job growth is particularly weak for pre-recorded messages, where only machines are being employed.