Government Debt, Eminent Domain, and the Fight for Vaccine Transparency

On the June 19, 2025 broadcast, Kim Monson tackled government overreach on three fronts: Jason Bailey of Citizens for No New Debt warned about Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s proposed $800 million ballot question, Carrie Giblets of the Elbert County Environmental Alliance fought Xcel Energy’s use of eminent domain for transmission lines, and Pam Long of Children’s Health Defense exposed conflicts of interest in the vaccine advisory system. Denver’s Spiraling Government Debt Crisis Start listening at 16:59 – Hour 1 Jason Bailey, founder of Citizens for No New Debt, warns that government borrowing at every level has reached a breaking point. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston plans to put an $800 million bond question before voters this November, adding to a city already drowning in obligations. Bailey points to Denver International Airport as a cautionary tale: with $10 billion in debt against just $1.5 billion in revenue, the airport operates at an 800 percent debt-to-revenue ratio. Executive payroll for the finance department, executive office, and chief of staff alone totals $8 million, and the facility’s chronic train problems underscore the operational failures that accompany fiscal mismanagement. Bailey argues that government debt siphons money from working families and funnels it to the banking system. At the federal level, the true debt including Social Security and pension obligations runs four to five times the official $37-38 trillion figure. Colorado State Treasurer Dave Young recently secured legislation creating a new financial bureaucracy to pursue what he calls “global capital,” which Bailey identifies as simply more debt. From RTD’s empty trains to the airport’s overcrowded ones, Bailey sees the same pattern: government bureaucracies that never improve because they lack the continuous improvement culture found in private enterprise. “They’re doing labor, and our government takes our money and gives it to the banking system in large amounts.” Jason Bailey, Founder, Citizens for No New Debt Xcel Energy’s Eminent Domain Assault on Elbert County Property Rights Start listening at 32:50 – Hour 1 Carrie Giblets, a concerned citizen and member of the Elbert County Environmental Alliance, details a three-and-a-half-year battle against Xcel Energy’s plan to run high-voltage transmission lines through the heart of Elbert County. The Colorado Power Pathway project would carry electricity from the Comanche Creek facility in Pueblo to Harvest Mile north of Aurora, but its real purpose, according to Xcel’s own website, is to open the eastern plains for wind and solar development. Giblets explains that the proposed route cuts through residential areas with five-acre to 200-acre properties and the northern tip of the Black Forest, requiring 150-foot-wide clear-cut swaths and placing 150-foot transmission towers within 80 feet of some homes, even directly over a children’s summer camp. Viable alternatives exist to the east where larger acreages, existing utility easements, and willing property owners could accommodate the lines with far less impact. Yet Xcel Colorado President Robert Kenney told residents flatly that the route will not change. The company has already begun condemnation proceedings against landowners before receiving county approval and submitted an application that the Elbert County Planning Commission deemed incomplete. The Planning Commission voted to recommend denial, and a critical public hearing before the Board of County Commissioners is scheduled for June 24 at the Elbert County Fairgrounds. Even if commissioners deny the application, Xcel has signaled it will appeal to the Co...