• SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    This was on the docket to be voted on in 2023 (i think, could have been 2022) and it never made it to the floor. Why? His cronies. They just let it fall by the side, probably so they could do it now. I’m so sick and tired of this shit show if a govt. Failed fucking state.

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      11 hours ago

      This needs to be top comment. So many little things he does that sane people like are just things Republicans blocked until they could be the ones to do the thing.

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      11 hours ago

      Any state can abolish DST on its own, some have already done so.

      There was a bill in Congress to put the entire country on permanent DST (which states can’t do on their own). It died because (a) some states don’t want permanent DST, and (b) doctors have found that permanent DST is less healthy than no DST.

      In fact, Congress already tried permanent DST briefly in the 70s. Some children were killed in early morning traffic accidents, schools responded by shifting their winter hours later, and the public generally turned against it.