Reaction & Commentary
We have received uh through heartland uh which my co-author is a big part of heartland and uh they’re getting all kinds of inquiries and and they’ve had to actually put together a team of three people at the heartland institute that is just dedicated to helping state legislators and other state officials
Work on esg issues and the lawmakers i’m told are very clear on why they’re doing this they all learned about the great reset from either listening to the program watching one of my presentations on esg which is very hard to find now or they heard it from a member of the audience
One member last weekend said he’s been reading the great reset book and knew he had to get involved so here’s the thing let me give you an update on what is happening we’ve just learned that state representative jake hoffman is introducing legislation house bill 2656 meant to stop the esg discrimination in
Arizona again it’s going to be house bill 2656 for arizona this one unlike other bills this one i think is doing it right most states are dealing with government divestment this is they’re saying we’re not going to put any money into your bank if you are coming
Uh with any kind of esg and many of them only really concentrate on the e i think that’s a big mistake but this one will prohibit financial institutions banks doing business in arizona either directly or through a contractor for using political affiliation or social credit environmental social governance or similar values based or
Impact criteria when making credit and other financial service decisions that is perfect that is just perfect we also found out that there are two bills in oklahoma senate bill 1644 house bill 4201 that will prevent the use of all social credit scores by governmental entities political subdivisions business or persons fantastic
New bill that is going to be um proposed in wyoming this is new one that will be an attack on esg scores and social credit systems in the state that bill will be introduced soon perhaps as early as the end of this week we know now of five states that are
Introducing comprehensive bills to stop esg and social credit scores so they are arizona kansas new hampshire oklahoma and wyoming these are the ones that are leading the way and should be considered the gold standard there are others um that are are making really good moves um
I don’t think they go far enough but they are trying to divest from anybody using the great reset groups like blackrock because of their discrimination of fossil fuels and related businesses those states uh indiana florida texas and west virginia really kind of disappointed in texas and florida quite
Honestly i expect you to lead 14 state officials have sent warning shots to banks and financial institutions about targeting fossil fuel companies in november it was uh alabama arizona arkansas idaho kentucky louisiana missouri nebraska north dakota south carolina south dakota utah west virginia and wyoming together we
Estimate that there are 20 states now pushing back against esg in one form or another although only five in that group have proposed bills that will tackle more than just the e in esg it is important to let your lawmakers know hey the s and the g relates to all of us
So does the e you may not be able to get a loan uh or be denied alone because you’re uh you know uh an automaker or a somebody that’s using gasoline engines uh you’re um you know you’ve got too many trucks that are running for your company that you
Know are not alternative fuels well you may not get that loan they may not get that loan to do it but that affects you how far do you drive to work that is an esg question that concentrates on the e but it is about you not a business
Uh we’ve also been spreading the word among state lawmakers that heartland has set up an email account specifically for state legislators and other state officials to contact so they can tell us about the work that they’re doing to stop esg scores in their states or if you have any questions it’s stop
Esg at heartland.org stop esg at heartland.org the government relations team at heartland will continue to work with any state lawmaker or state official who needs help with legislation all you have to do is reach out and ask and just to be clear arizona oklahoma wyoming are the new states on our list
And they are taking on all of esg thank you thank you thank you thank you for listening to this program thank you for contacting your house and uh senate in your local state that is the way to do it hold your banks accountable
