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Dragonfli

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11. According to fortune magazine, it's because the Chamber of Commerce says it makes us shop more

Reply to 7wo7rees (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 14, 2016, 06:39 AM

Mar 2016

http://fortune.com/2016/03/12/daylight-saving-time-effects/
(at the bottom of the article)

...So if DST doesn’t actually save energy, or improve productivity, why do we have it? According to Downing, it boils down to shopping time. “Since 1915, the principal supporter of daylight saving in the United States has been the Chamber of Commerce on behalf of small business and retailers,” Downing told WNYC, NYC’s public radio station. “The Chamber understood that if you give workers more sunlight at the end of the day they’ll stop and shop on their way home.”

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Oh happy day. It is DST again. So on Monday morning [View all] 7wo7rees Mar 2016 OP

We don't do DST here in Arizona... Raster Mar 2016 #1

I know! You guys are the smart ones in this game. 7wo7rees Mar 2016 #2

Funny thing... I just moved back to AZ. Raster Mar 2016 #4

Or Hawai'i. KamaAina Mar 2016 #16

I am so happy for springing to DST this year. I get 1 more hr of daylight to canvass for Bernie! JimDandy Mar 2016 #3

Well I guess I have to give it to you there? 7wo7rees Mar 2016 #6

are people really so delicate Skittles Mar 2016 #5

Not to delicate dear one, why do we bother to or for 7wo7rees Mar 2016 #7

just a couple of days ago it was 6:30 am Skittles Mar 2016 #8

According to fortune magazine, it's because the Chamber of Commerce says it makes us shop more Dragonfli Mar 2016 #11

I like it. n/t Lil Missy Mar 2016 #9

How DST affects health and poductivity Dragonfli Mar 2016 #10

One more hour of daylight during the work week free's up your weekend so you can go fishing! B Calm Mar 2016 #12

i agree Locrian Mar 2016 #13

I'm with you LiberalElite Mar 2016 #14

but some monomaniacal crank slapped a flag on a pamphlet! what more argument do you need?! MisterP Mar 2016 #15

I was thinking about this, and realized that it would cost a lot money to not do it... HuckleB Mar 2016 #17

Please take a look at post #10. 7wo7rees Mar 2016 #18

Yeah, I know about those studies. HuckleB Mar 2016 #19

Umm okay. Sports..... 7wo7rees Mar 2016 #20