In the heat wave, the case against air conditioning
Best of all, Washington's biggest business -- government -- is transformed. In 1978, 50 years after air conditioning was installed in Congress, New York Times columnist Russell Baker noted that, pre-A.C., Congress was forced to adjourn to avoid Washington's torturous summers, and "the nation enjoyed a respite from the promulgation of more laws, the depredations of lobbyists, the hatching of new schemes for Federal expansion and, of course, the cost of maintaining a government running at full blast."
That was the best quote (not the author's) from the above linked Washington Post Article. It was penned by Stan Cox; who is the author of "Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World. He is fully invested in the global warming hoax. Nonetheless, we can in part agree with the point that not only should government politicians be subject to the laws they make for us, they should also suffer the full temperatures from the weather in Washington, summer and winter, or leave. The later is the most preferable and would set a path to less mischief and harm at their words and deeds.
It could also have a nice side benefit of naturally forced term limits. One doubts if Robert Byrd would have held out so long in the Senate under the heat and humidity of Washington's summers.
Now if we can only figure out how to keep them out of DC during the spring and autumn.
If Government did less, we the people could do more!
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