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McFly — (archived)

This bill would require telephone solicitors to comply with all
state and federal laws regarding telephone solicitations. The bill
would make it a crime to deny or interfere with a subscriber's right
to place a California telephone number on the "do not call" list.
(http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_33_bill_20031011_chaptered.html)

That awful, awful woman! Compelling companies to abide by the law, of all things! How's a guy supposed to make a buck in an atmosphere like that?

Ok, ok...I'm being somewhat facetious...but only somewhat. The market's a useful mechanism, no doubt, but it's not the whole machine. Look at the number of people who pay money to destroy themselves with cigarettes, for example, and tell me the market always does what's right for society.

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