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In article <5kep0t$9h6$1@nnrp01.primenet.com>, Neil <antispam@asu.edu> wrote:

>I think a more relevant question would be, "Did you ask Primenet not
>to call you?"

>If you did, how exactly did you make this request?

>If you still answer, "By asking them not to give my number to any
>telemarketing agency," we've solved the puzzle. 

I'll try this in a slightly different way to see if you get the 
point this time.

Do you own a house?  Have you ever hired someone to perform a service 
on that house for you?  Did that person become your official employee 
while they were performing this service?

The answer is no.  Why is the answer no?  Because that person is an 
independent contractor.  You are not performing any of the government-
required duties of an employer.  You are not deducting Social Security, 
Federal or State Income Tax, Medicare, etc.  You are not making 
Workman's Compensation or Unemployment payments for them.  These, among 
a myriad of other reasons, is why the bug-spraying guy that you may 
call every-other-month is not your employee.

The telemarketing firm that Primenet employed to perform a service is, 
in fact, the equivalent of the buy-spraying guy.

They are not employees of Primenet.

Ted (Not a lawyer, not even an employer.)

-- 
Ted Krueger ITS Systems Engineer AG Comunication Systems kruegert@agcs.com
"Now there's no more oak oppression, for they passed a noble law.  And
the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw."
        The Trees - Hemispheres - Rush - 1978