Does Daylight Saving Time actually save electric power? After all these years, this is still disputed. But one thing is beyond dispute: It increases government power. WE, not the sun, decide what time it is. WE, not the farmers, decide when cows must be milked. WE, not the parents, decide when kids must go to school in the dark. WE, not the owners, decide when they must go around the house, resetting all the clocks. Now that is power.