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Re:Texas schools fund pulls $8.5B from BlackRock over ESG in... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @04:54PM (#39771893)
As Ron White once said at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas, "You Can't Fix Stupid." (decisions, in this context)

It's one thing to burn investment dollars that are your own, but to do so with educational system dollars? That is a very Texas thing to do.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_School_Fund

https://texaspsf.org/our-history/

Re:Texas schools fund pulls $8.5B from BlackRock over ESG in... by johnea on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @04:58PM (#39771957)
And man does it really need fixing 8-/

Doubly ironic that TX is installing more solar/wind than almost any other state.

Triply ironic that they're attempting to claim that Blackrock is some libtard tree-hugger organization...

Re:Texas schools fund pulls $8.5B from BlackRock over ESG in... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @04:59PM (#39771969)
It's fine to take issue with your identity, belief systems, and way of life being changed forcibly by a global energy transition underway that you have no ability to stop. It's a religion, put simply. But to waste resources like this out of ideology? It's just sad.

Texas has a teacher shortage [1] and ranks as one of the most uneducated states [2]. This does no favors to those who need the educational system. And those making these decisions will be long dead while those impacted will continue to live the remainder of their lives sub-optimally from these decisions.

[1] https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/20/texas-teacher-shorta...

[2] https://www.kxan.com/news/education/texas-is-one-of-the-most...

Re:Texas schools fund pulls $8.5B from BlackRock over ESG in... by johnea on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @05:06PM (#39772030)
And [2] sure does play into the whole policy...