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To: little jeremiah

I never finished.

Illinois experimented with full time daylight savings time.
It didn’t last long.
It was determined to be too dangerous as it was too dark for the kids going to school.
they went back to regular daylight savings time.


2,132 posted on 03/11/2019 1:52:17 PM PDT by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: stylin19a

Aha, I got it now.

I read a headline just now about Rs in both houses wanting to eliminate switching clocks back and forth. I was going to post it but decided not to. Now I’ll have to find it.

Aha, here it is:

https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/republicans-houses-move-finally-abolish-time-change/

Republicans in Both Houses Move to Finally Abolish the Time Change

There are plenty of things where taking Washington bureaucrats out of the equation would decidedly make things better.

It may not be the biggest change, but we can at least start with our clocks.

Two Florida Republicans — most notably Sen. Marco Rubio — are pushing to make Daylight Saving Time permanent by reintroducing a bill that would stop the federally mandated time change every year.

Two Florida Republicans — most notably Sen. Marco Rubio — are pushing to make Daylight Saving Time permanent by reintroducing a bill that would stop the federally mandated time change every year.

“Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) today introduced the Sunshine Protection Act, legislation that would make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent across the country,” the two lawmakers said in a press release.

“This is the second Congress that Buchanan and Rubio have introduced the measure and is reflective of the Florida legislature’s 2018 enactment of year-round DST. However, for this to apply, a change in the federal statute is required.”

“The legislation, if enacted, would apply to those states who currently participate in DST, which most states observe for eight months out of the year,” the release continued.

“Standard Time, from November to March, is only observed for four months out of the year. The bill would simply negate the need for Americans to change their clocks twice a year.”

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2,136 posted on 03/11/2019 2:10:03 PM PDT by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)
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