Question for Iowans

[rurallib]

4. LTH - we just got caller ID added - I live in Iowa

and if a call were IDed somehow as a polling firm or a campaign I will answer it. If it comes in as "private caller" I will no longer answer it. If it comes in as another number I do not recognize I will let it go to the answering machine and return the call if it is from a campaign or a polling company.

In the past 2 years we have been inundated with all sorts of robo calls and other tech monstrosities on the phone such that even answering the phone can put you in jeopardy. The calling phone numbers are tied to computers and change constantly so blocking numbers is nearly impossible.

Recently we have been getting bogus calls from the Des Moines area code. So yeah - will caller ID I do now screen my calls. Considering the amount of problems we had in our area from all sorts of spam callers, I suspect most everyone around here does.

We are very political and it really saddens me to do this, but got to protect my butt from unexpected problems.