No-Call List For Politicians

If your house is like mine, you've been inundated with calls from every politician running for congress or for dogcatcher.

The FTC's 2003 national Do Not Call registry has been a resounding success in eliminating calls from telemarketers. But the politicians specifically exempted their sales calls from the registry. Why? They are no less annoying or unwanted. Their only saving grace is that they are more of an annual annoyance than an ongoing one.

If we are going to block one class of pests, let's block them all.