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This is the time of year I'm reminded of the raw power of the federal government's ability to steal anything, including time.
Benjamin Franklin is credited with the idea, but his proposal was intended as satire. That's the problem with irony - people who should know better take you at face value, and pretty soon someone in Congress is trying to pass a tax on items with too much fat.
The Victoria Public Library has a book about this issue - Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Times by Michael Downing. So help me, not only did I check it out and read it, I took notes.
In 1916, the British parliament was preparing a Daylight Saving law. Britain’s Royal Astronomer tacked on a snippy, humorous amendment: “And let it be further enacted that between the months of October and March the thermometer should be put up ten degrees.”
If you like DST because you get an extra hour to putter about the yard, I can respect that. But...
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