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How to fix Daylight Savings

I love Daylight Savings Time, but like everyone, I hate losing the hour of sleep. Well, I've solved that problem. Someone call President Obama and Congress. See, it's about the economy and the children. Because the sun would go down too soon in the Summer for businesses, we have DST. However, because DST would cause kids to wait for the bus before the sun comes once Winter hits, we "Fall back" before the days get short.

SOLUTION: Instead of the insanity that is "Fall back" and "Spring forward," why don't we change the time school starts. Instead of falling back, school starts an hour later. Instead of springing forward, school starts an hour earlier. Problem solved. I'll take my Nobel prize in economics now, and remember, it's for the children.

(If you get satire, you may ignore my next statement. The overflowing praise of myself, the phrase "it's for the children," allusion to "it's the economy, stupid," and expectations of a Nobel Prize -- are all sarcastic.)