On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 23:08:57 -0400, Wolf K
wrote:

On 2018-03-17 19:59, Peter Jason wrote:
[...]
It was introduced by venal stupid politicians to give the idle poor
still more time to flash their credit cards at coffee shops and
consumer-junk stores.
[...]

Actually, it was to extend golfing hours.



I don't know whether you mean that as a joke or it's true, but it
makes sense to me. As far as I'm concerned, DST would be more valuable
in the winter, when it gets dark earlier, than in the summer.