There really are people who want on the list because they are too easy to sell — or have somebody in the household that is a pushover. These are the folks the telemarketers want to reach.

The need for telemarketing is the main factor that pushed me completely out of the life and health insurance business. I’d rather chew glass than call people I don’t know and try to sell them something — and because I had an insurance license, I was actually exempted from DNC in the state of Texas.

The fact of the matter is that the consumer was not nearly as bothered by telemarketers as the owners of newspapers, magazines, television, and radio stations, and their heavily-lobbied, and well-paid congressional counterparts were. Tens of billions of dollars of products were sold by telemarketing and direct sales annually. Someone was buying those products, at a lower price than the same products marketed through conventional channels. Traditional media advertising was taking such a beating that THEY decided that people were being bothered too much at home, and launched a multimillion dollar camapign to tell them so, with the FCC, FTC, and congress firmly in their pocket. Just because the phone rings, doesn’t mean you have to answer it. Don’t be fooled. The designed result was to redirect advertising to mainstream media, due to the cutoff of direct marketing evenues, not the convenience of the consumer. When was the last time your congressman cared about you? Checked your utility bills and health care premiums lately?