Reply #111: no you shoulnd't have to pay

[northzax]

but if you do business with companies that sell your information, then guess what? they're going to sell it. ask before you give information out. if you don't then you get what you deserve. before you give someone your phone number, ask what they're doing with it. ask if they sell or share numbers. if they say 'yes' then DON'T GIVE IT TO THEM. sheesh, Dr. G, I figured you of all people would appreciate the need to take some personal responsiblity here. there is no need to pay to keep people from calling you. in fact you pay to enable people to call you, it's that check you write to verizon each month. don't want people to use your telephone? don't have one. tell them they aren't welcome. screen your calls. you don't answer the door without looking through the keyhole, do you?
anyone who buys and sells your personal information got it from somewhere. at some point, you gave that information to someone. who then sold it. and they most likely told you ahead of time that they were going to do that. but I guess it's too much to ask to have people take responsibility for themselves here. THERE ARE ALREADY NO-CALL LISTS. PAID FOR BY COMPANIES. isn't that better than having the government do it?