Florida governor Ron DeSantis slammed “woke politics” like ESG and vowed to prohibit a CBDC and “financial surveillance” in the Sunshine State.
aimed at combatting the U.S. government’s environmental social governance standards, stating that he wanted to protect Floridians from ESG. The bill prohibits the use of Florida’s state funds for ESG standards and investments.
“We are recognizing the dangers with this agenda,” DeSantis stated. “It’s not your agenda; it’s not the agenda of the average Floridian or average American. This is an elite-imposed agenda,” the governor added. In addition to criticizing ESG standards, DeSantis also spoke out against the federal government’s central bank digital currency ideas. He expressed support for cryptocurrencies that are not associated with CBDCs.
“I think what the danger of the digital currency is that, one, they want to make that the sole currency, they want to get rid of crypto,” DeSantis. “They don’t like crypto because they can’t control crypto. So they want to put everything in a central bank digital currency.” DeSantis shares the view of several Republican officials who have criticized the idea of a central bank digital currency . Minnesota congressman Tom Emmer
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