ONE OF THE VERY FEW THINGS THAT CONGRESS has done right lately was the establishment of the “Do Not Call” list to keep the obnoxious tele-marketers from bothering you.
Before they set up the registry in June of 2003 I was getting 6 to 8 calls every evening from those cretins. But within days, literally, of signing up it has stopped completely. Oh, what a relief that was.
But for some reason it was established with a 5-yr. expiration time requiring everybody to sign up again and renew their registration. That five years is up next year, if you got in at the beginning. (it’s 5 years from when you signed up, not from when it was established)
But we may be in luck. A Pennsylvania congressman, Rep. Mike Doyle, says people should not be forced to re-register to keep telemarketers at bay. Doyle introduced legislation this week, with bipartisan support, to make registrations permanent. It should get an easy passage.
Read all about it HERE.
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