So-called Daylight Saving Time doesn't save *anything*. On the contrary, it costs the USA hundreds of millions, if not billions, in lost productivity and wasted hours as people fiddle with clocks, miss appointments, correct scheduling errors, and otherwise observe this completely fatuous ritual.

It most certainly does not save electricity. This isn't the 1940s: and homes and businesses keep their lights and air conditioning on throughout the day, regardless of the time displayed on the clock.

It does not save lives: studies have shown that it actually costs lives as people's sleep schedules are disrupted for days, causing an increase in traffic accidents.

It doesn't help farmers: farmers rise with the sun no matter what the clock says. Overall, Farmers do not approve of DST. It is incorrect to think they are the reason for DST. On the contrary, DST totally disrupts a farmer's schedule.

It doesn't help children: is it better for them to be going back and forth to school in the dark in the afternoon, when people are wide awake, or in the morning, when people are still groggy from having their sleep disrupted by this foolish Daylight Saving Time? In the middle of winter, it's dark in the morning and in the evening ANYWAY! So what does so-called Daylight Saving Time "save"? NOTHING! It *costs*, and it costs us dearly.

By synchronously resetting all clocks in a region to one hour ahead of Standard Time (one hour "fast"), individuals who follow such a year-round schedule will wake an hour earlier than they would have otherwise; they will begin and complete daily work routines an hour earlier, and they will have available to them an extra hour of daylight after their workday activities. However, they will have one less hour of daylight at the start of each day, making the policy less practical during winter. While the times of sunrise and sunset change at roughly equal rates as the seasons change, proponents of Daylight Saving Time argue that most people prefer a greater increase in daylight hours after the typical "nine-to-five" workday.

It is time to put an end to this ridiculous ritual. Write, call, AND email your federal and state representatives (DST is a FEDERAL SCHEME which states can opt out of), and tell them to STOP PLAYING WITH THE COUNTRY'S CLOCKS!