In this episode, Kim Munson and her guests discuss the vulnerabilities inherent in today’s modern conveniences, the silent threats posed by global technological advancements, and the pressing influences that shape our daily lives. From the perils of government-induced inflation to the power grid’s fragile state, we examine the landscape of force-versus-freedom and the remnants of American patriotism in the fight for liberty.
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It’s the Kim Munson Show, analyzing the most important stories.
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That seems to me like government is establishing a religion.
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If you give people rights, women’s rights, gay rights, whatever, there can’t be equal rights if there are special rights.
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Surveys show that people still really prefer freedom over government force.
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Is it freedom or is it force? Let’s have a conversation.
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Indeed. Let’s have a conversation. Welcome to the Kim Munson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You are each treasured, you’re valued, you have purpose today. Strive for excellence. Take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body. My friends, we were made for this moment in history. Thank you to the team. That’s Producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Teresa, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Happy Tuesday, Producer Joe. Happy Tuesday, Kim. And we’ve got a great show, Lauren Fix, today. So I can’t wait to hear what she has to say. She is the Car Coach Reports. We like to talk about freedom of mobility, which is under attack big time by those PBIs. And so looking forward to that. And then second hour, you, Producer Joe, Producer Luke, we’re going to continue our book review of economics in one lesson, profits and inflation. That’s going to be interesting.
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I think the inflation chapter is the only chapter in this book Joe Biden read.
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Well done, Producer Joe. That is true. The government-induced inflation is a real problem. So check out our website. That is KimMunson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You will get first look at our upcoming guests as well as our most recent essays. You can email me at Kim at KimMunson.com. Text line is 720605. And thank you to all of you who support us. We do appreciate you. We are an independent voice and definitely appreciate that. And you can hear us 6 to 8 a.m. Monday through Friday on all the KLC. uh platforms which is klz 560 am klz 100.7 fm the klz website and the klz app the first hour is rebroadcast one to two in the afternoon second hour 10 to 11 at night uh the show podcast can be found at my website you can just click on each particular day and it’ll bring up a written summary as well as the uh embedded podcast and also you can find those on spotify and itunes Now, we look at these issues and search for truth and clarity through this lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. Socialism ultimately comes down to force. It’s not about free stuff. The free stuff is just the carrot to get people to vote for it. But the government cannot give something to someone that they have not first taken from someone else. And it might be either taxes, fees, inflation. debt which we have to pay off and the next generation has to pay off as well and that’s not compassionate whatsoever it’s not compassionate to take other people’s stuff whether or not it’s their rights their property freedom livelihoods opportunities or lives and force can be a weapon policy unpredictable and excessive taxation fear coercion government-induced inflation World Economic Forum’s agenda that plays into the globalist elites in the United Nations, the Colorado State Legislature, the Colorado Governor, the World Health Organization, land use codes, zoning regulations, force fees, conservation easements, national monument designations. The list goes on and on and we need to walk that back because all those things infringe upon our freedom. And that’s why we do the show is because we want to reclaim our beautiful state, Colorado, and we want to make sure that we reclaim the American idea. Yesterday’s show with Maria Subnick and John Spence was sobering for me, Producer Joe, because we talked about the vulnerabilities of our electric grid. and our ports and basically everything that we have come to um take for granted all these modern conveniences our phones all of this is basically um there’s chinese technology it seems to be like embedded in everything and that they could turn it off with the flip of a switch so you wouldn’t need to do something from a military standpoint you could just turn off everything and we basically would be so vulnerable and I was I was just very it was very sobering for me all day yesterday.
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Well, and I also was thinking about it as well. Think about all of the things that are on our power grid, like the grocery stores and all of their coolers and stuff. That’ll affect our food. That’ll affect quite literally everything all at once. And it was very awestrucking for me as well.
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Well, and then I was thinking about people that, you know, the portable oxygen technology where people can actually have portable technology if they need to be on oxygen, that they have freedom of mobility to go where they want to when they want to. But, gosh, if they didn’t have electricity for a while, that would be a problem to run their machines at home. Just think of all the medical challenges that we would have.
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Exactly. And yes, I know we have some backup power for those emergency places because they’re emergency places, but that backup power only lasts for so long. And especially with this green policies that they’re trying to make, it just limited how much power we can actually keep in reserves even more so.
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Yes. And so we are in a very vulnerable position. And Donald Trump certainly has his work cut out for him. The inauguration is next Monday. And it seems that the Biden-Harris administration is doing everything they can to put all kinds of marbles in front of him as he’s trying to take as well as he will become our next president. And As I reflected on this, I see this tremendous evil, all these terrible things that have the potential to happen. But this morning I was thinking about it. There are so many patriots. And it was just a remnant at our founding of people that stood up against the most powerful empire on the face of the earth. And because they were on the right side, the right side of God, the side of valuing the individual and individual liberty, and had that as their ideal, they prevailed. And so there is a lot of good in this world as well, and we need to focus on that. We need to remedy this evil that we have going on, but there’s a lot of really good folks out there.
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I absolutely agree, and I think the thing that we should definitely focus on the most, the founding fathers focused on equal opportunities, not equalness across the board and equal conclusions of things.
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Well, and we’re seeing what that plays out. That’s now your DEI, your diversity, equity, and inclusion, or SEL if you see that, social emotional learning. All of those things are basically – Just trying to get to equal outcomes. As a friend of mine said, ultimately the equal outcome is all of us peasants will share a saltine cracker. And what’s been amazing about America is us, the peasants, us, the regular people, with liberty, we can go out and pursue our hopes and dreams and create wealth and thrive and prosper. And that is what’s under attack, Producer Joe. But we will continue to fight in this battle of ideas.
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Yes, ma’am. We’re in a trying time, and we’ve got to do everything we can while we can right now.
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Absolutely. When I say we were made for this moment, I wasn’t kidding. Our word of the day, I don’t know why. I was looking at these policies, and somehow I heard this word. So this will be fun for you to use this today. It’s kooky. K-O-O-K-Y. It’s an adjective. It could be characteristic of a kook, strange, or crazy. It could be, number two, irreverent, idiosyncratic, or unexpected, not normal, or crazy, or insane. I would say so many of these policies, as the old Biden-Harris administration is going out the door, are just downright kooky. So your challenge is to use the word kooky in a sentence today. Our quote of the day is from Thomas Jefferson. It was a letter to Benjamin Rush in 1800 regarding tyranny. And, of course, Thomas Jefferson was our third president. He was the author of the Declaration of Independence. And… He said this, he said, I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. And that, again, is Thomas Jefferson. This day in history is several things in 1794. Dr. Jesse Bennett performs the first successful cesarean section operation in the U.S. on his wife, Elizabeth, delivering a baby girl at their home in Edom, Virginia. In 1878, the U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on trains is unconstitutional. And 1943, World War II ends. In Casablanca, it was the Casablanca Conference between Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and other Allied representatives. And in 1943, the World War II, Japan begins Operation Q, that’s withdrawal of its troops from Guadalcanal. So the Japanese, what they were doing is they were trying to capture a number of these different islands in the Pacific as they wanted to move on down and conquer Guadalcanal. Australia. And so the fact that our Marines and our soldiers, our army in Guadalcanal, that was really a very difficult battle, but they prevailed. In 1943, the Japanese began their withdrawal. 1952, I couldn’t believe this. And Joe, you know I take this for granted, and that is my coffee. In 1952, the rationing of coffee in the Netherlands ends. So people could only have a certain amount of coffee through, obviously, World War II, but that rationing didn’t end until 1952. That’s unbelievable. Yeah, that is kind of shocking. And we know that Europeans love their coffee.
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Most definitely. I mean, that’s kind of one of their specialties, if you would.
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I know. Let’s see. Again, weather events. And I bring these up because the weather, the climate has always been changing. Weather always changes. And that’s why you should check out a climate conversation dot com. so that you can see the documentary and the podcast that we’ve created with scientists and experts regarding this whole narrative. And you can watch that for free at climateconversation.com. But in 1952, a snowstorm in the Sierra Nevadas killed 26. 1967, New York Times reports the Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments. Huh. Huh. Huh. And there’s the government’s still doing that, I would say. And 1985. Interesting 16 were indicted by the US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees. This would be now 16 states at least, I think. So that was interesting. And then in 1995, Mexico pledges profits from its state-owned Penex $7 billion per year oil revenues in an effort to secure U.S. congressional approval of loan guarantees. President Clinton approves a $20 billion U.S. aid package for Mexico. Fast forward to today, people have been going through the Biden-Harris administration, have just been waltzing through Mexico to the U.S. southern border and then coming on in. So here we’ve given them all that help back then, and I’m pretty sure Donald Trump is going to expect them to step up and start to help in securing our border. Two other things. This is so tragic. It says, 2019 Americans’ chance of dying from an accidental opioid overdose is higher than a car accident for the first time, according to the U.S. National Safety Council. And again, these opioids apparently are coming in from China and I know many people that I know, they’re close to me. And they’ve lost sons to opioid overdoses. And what better way, again, from a military standpoint, is to come in and decimate your young fighting men age population, but through something like this. I find this so tragic, Producer Jo.
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It is absolutely tragic. And, you know, you mentioned your friends lost sons. But imagine those sons’ friends as well. Those friends now are missing someone at such a young age. They get to experience that kind of tragedy. It’s just so unfortunate that that is what it is because I’ve lost friends, unfortunately, to it as well. Yeah.
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And in a way, it’s kind of like losing friends in war. And it is. It’s a different kind of a war. These are different kinds of attacks, but we are definitely at war in this battle of ideas. Last thing, 2019. And again, it’s unbelievable what Donald Trump has been up against. But U.S. President Donald Trump denies war. that he’s a Russian agent after the New York Times. Remember the New York Times over here in 1967 had a incorrect story. We talked about another one the other day. But anyway, the New York Times article states, the FBI started an investigation and the Washington Post raised issues over a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Remarkable. I don’t know what else to say. But again, that was 2019.
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And yet Joe Biden, we have confirmed, is working with China, one of our biggest enemies, but that’s okay.
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Yeah, it’s and yes. And so we have those in our government that are working against the American people. And I think it’s hard for people to get their brains around it. But boy, we’re getting more and more proof on that. These are important discussions. We have them because of our sponsors. And the Roger Mangan State Farm Insurance team knows that there are things that can keep us up at night. So that’s why you should make a complimentary appointment and talk with them about your insurance coverage. You might be able to save money if you bundle things together. But you won’t know until you’ve set up that appointment. That number is 303-795-8855. Like a good neighbor, the Roger Mangan team is there.
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Yes. Welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at Kim Munson dot com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice and we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. January 23rd, Thursday evening, you got a choice of two great things to be doing. One of those would be to go to the Center for American Values, which is located in Pueblo, Colorado. And they are going to have an On Values presentation regarding the USS Pueblo, which was taken captive in the Vietnam War by the North Koreans. And the crew was held captive for over a year. Bob Chica, who was one of those crew members, is going to be presenting. And that is down at the Center for American Values. You can get more information by going to AmericanValuesCenter.org. And we had Drew Dixon last week, who is a co-founder. He’s a Medal of Honor recipient there. And that’s one of the things they do is honor our Medal of Honor recipients. But he said, just let them know that you’re coming because they want to make sure they have enough chairs. And many times they will also have a little reception afterwards. So you can do that by AmericanValueCenter.org. American Values Center dot org. And again, that is on January 23rd. The other thing is, is I am the president of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers. It’s an all volunteer group. And we met last night for our initial meeting. getting ready for this legislative session. And I’m so excited to welcome Dave Evans, who is a listener, who has joined us on the board, and Corey Onusorg, who he ran for House District 23 seat here in Colorado. They are joining us. And that other set of directors is Steve Dorman, Greg Golianski, Russ Haas, Bill Hamill, Rob Knuth, John Nelson, Wendy Warner, Marty Nielsen, Raimi Johnson, Mary Jansen, and of course, welcoming Dave Evans and Corey Onozorg. We will be watching legislation. We will be taking positions on things regarding taxes, property rights, protecting TABOR, Colorado’s Taxpayers Bill of Rights, school choice. And one of the things that you need to do, first of all, is understand what’s going on out there. And that is why joining us for $25 for a year, just $2.08 a month, you will receive hours and hours of our volunteer analysis on what’s happening down at the Statehouse. And you will also receive the email that we send out regarding our positions on different bills that goes to the senators, representatives, and the governor. And so you can get more information on that by going to coloradotaxpayer.org. And our event to kick off the session is going to be Thursday the 23rd at the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association. Tickets for that are just $10 each. We’ll have a number of legislators there. We will be presenting our cut awards. Assistant Senate Minority Leader Cleve Simpson and our… House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese will both be presenting as well. And so you will not want to miss that. And you can buy your tickets by going to coloradotaxpayer.org. And again, when you see my fellow board members out and about, say thank you, because what they’re doing is an amazing, amazing service for the people of Colorado. So first thing regarding some of our I think this is the first thing I want to mention. The Biden-Harris administration, all of those over all these years have done subtle things to kind of kneecap America, the American idea, the American people. And one of the things, remember Obama and his red, white, and blue? The blue in his red, white, and blue, it looked more like the blue in the Pepsi logo. And I’ve always thought about that, and I think that that was a subtle message of disrespect for America. Another thing, and text me if you remember this, 720-605-0647. I remember a photo of him in the White House where he’s trying to look very pensive and he’s thinking and he’s got his hand basically on his cheek or something. But he has all of his fingers down except the middle finger, which I thought, hmm. That’s interesting. I really think that that was, again, maybe a really subtle or unsubtle message of what he feels about America and the American people. Now, you look perplexed, Producer Joe.
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It just kind of reminds me of the subtle, not subtle advertising that happens in movies, like they pan the picture and then big Apple logo. It’s kind of like that, where it’s just obvious enough, I think that’s the point.
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So I think this is super interesting. This is from Raw Story. It says, Texas Governor Greg Abbott defies Biden and orders flags full staff for the Trump inauguration. And again, I think this is not so it’s it’s subtle, but not so subtle. And it says Biden had ordered the flags to be flown at half staff during a national period of mourning for the death of former President Jimmy Carter, who was a Democrat on December 29th. Biden’s presidential decree called for the flags displayed on all public buildings and grounds and all military posts and naval stations and all naval vessels of the federal government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its territories and possessions to be flown at half staff for a period of 30 days from the date of his death. He says that 30 day mourning period was set to go through the Trump inauguration on January 20th. Trump posted on Truth Social on January 3rd, the Democrats are all giddy about our magnificent American flag potentially being at half mass during my inauguration. They think it’s so great and are so happy about it because in actuality, they don’t love our country and they only think about themselves. I think Trump is spot on on that, Producer Joe.
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Absolutely. And I also think it’s a gross overreach of power to say that because the purpose of it going to half mass is a traditional thing. It’s not something that he can just deem, this is how we’re going to do it now. Yeah.
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But again, I think these are subtle things. And these subtle things, I think we don’t even understand it, are really kind of a punch in the gut to the American people. And we need to recognize it and push back on it. So good for Governor Abbott. I appreciate him doing that. The next thing I want to mention is Denver. mike johnston and hancock before him and then obviously jared polis the governor all of this stuff really uh is at their feet and uh that is that um there was a there were four weekend stabbings on the 16th street mall were you aware of that yeah four two people died no i was not aware of that yeah what yeah and it was like about five or six in the afternoon that would be when People, it’s not okay like at 2 a.m. in the morning, but at this time it says, this is by Channel 7, a man has been arrested in connection to four apparent random attacks along the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver over the weekend. Three people were stabbed Saturday within eight blocks of each other along the 16th Street Mall. One of those victims died as a result of their injuries. Then a fourth person was stabbed on Sunday evening near 16th Street and Market, not far from Union Station. The victim was taken to the hospital where they were pronounced dead. Denver police linked the same suspect to all four attacks in a Sunday night social media post. They announced the adult male had been taken into custody. Name is Elijah Cottle by a spokesperson with Denver County Court. It then goes on to say the first stabbing on Saturday occurred near Tremont Street around 5.12 p.m. That’s right, late afternoon. It says the male victim in the first incident transported himself to the hospital where he was treated for his injuries and has since been discharged. During a press conference on Sunday evening, Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said the first victim was slashed in the face. Moments later, around 5.17 p.m., police said the suspect attacked a second victim, stabbing a Hispanic woman near California Street. I find that interesting that they would put that in there, Hispanic woman, but they did. Near California Street on the mall, her identity has not been released by the police. She was taken to the hospital and she died. Can you believe this? Five o’clock in the afternoon.
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I also find it interesting that they didn’t mention the race of the other people that got stabbed, but only her because Hispanic.
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I know. I know. But, boy, going downtown, going down to the 16th Street Mall… they’ve got a real problem. Denver’s in such decline. Remember when we were talking with, I think it was Wade Miller last week with the, let’s see, the Center for Renewing American Values. He had said that he used to love to come to Denver, the 16th Street Mall. It was a beautiful, pristine city. Under Democrats, it is dirty, it is dangerous, and we’ve got to try to reclaim it, Producer Joe.
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I used to, well, and I’m from Oklahoma, so when I saw pictures of Denver, I saw bustling roads, just people all about having a good time, enjoying everybody on the roads. But now I’m nervous to even park down here.
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And welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Check out our website. That is KimMunson.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. And you can email me at Kim at KimMunson.com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice. We search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something is a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And just coming in on the text line regarding that woman that died from the stabbing on the 16th Street Mall, Yvonne said that she was an American Airlines flight attendant, if you can believe. Here she is. In Denver, unbelievable. Unbelievable. We’ve got to get things cleaned up here. And thank you to Laramie Energy for their goal sponsorship of the show. We are realizing it’s reliable, efficient, affordable, and abundant energy from natural gas, oil, and coal that powers our lives, fuels our hopes and dreams, and allows us to control our own personal climate. Producer Joe. I like that one. You like that one in there? Okay. Lauren Fix is on the line. I can’t wait to talk with her. You know her. She is the Car Coach Reports. There is much to talk about. Lauren Fix, welcome.
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Well, thanks for having me back, and Happy New Year to everyone. We can still say that, I think, for another couple weeks.
SPEAKER 12 :
I think so. And, yeah, we’ve got things that we’re excited about. And I know this may seem like a smaller thing. I was just out in California this last weekend. And sometimes I think about California. I think about happy days and Greece and cars and these vintage cars now. And I’ve seen, and you had mentioned this, the Daily Caller reported that California wants to limit vintage cars. And I kind of think of California as vintage cars Sunday afternoon driving around showing them off.
SPEAKER 13 :
Oh, absolutely. And remember, that’s where all of this came from. If you’re thinking about vintage cars and collector cars and hot rods, the car culture is California. And there’s billions of dollars in that industry. Let me just qualify that. There’s the Special Equipment Manufacturers Association. There’s all the suppliers that make stuff for the racing industry. If you’re thinking NASCAR, Formula One, et cetera, et cetera, there’s a million different race series. And there’s all kinds of cars all the way back from the 1900s all the way up, whether you’re building street rods, rat rods, whatever it be, classic cars, collector cars. Pebble Beach is located there. Racetracks are located in California. And again, more genius moves from the genius Gavin Newsom. Of course, I’m being sarcastic. And what they’re planning to do is they sent out a survey. This is how California operates. They tell you one thing and they do something else. And you can see what’s going on with all the fires. And I won’t get into that because I’m sure you’ve covered that quite extensively. So what they’re planning to do is they sent out a survey to everyone. People got surveys who own collector cars, easy to find through the state registration. You own an old Mustang, an MG, a Corvette, a Mercedes, something. Something you enjoy driving, whether it’s historically significant, Family owned it forever. Somebody bought it when they came back in the service. Whatever it might be. It could be something of serious value or no value. Received a survey in the mail. Most people, I think, threw it out, but a lot of people are dumb enough to fill it out. And the survey won how many miles you drive per year. where you drive, and a bunch of other details. Now, mind you, people that own these cars, and that includes myself, we don’t go out and put thousands of miles on our cars. I have an older Porsche. If I put a couple hundred miles on it a year, that’s a lot. So why are they asking these questions? Because you’re saying they’re polluted. And they want to remove them from the road. They want to remove all collector cars. Remember, the Peterson Museum is down there, too. It’s a huge museum in the L.A. area. And so when you start thinking about this, it does not make any sense. and they come out with a survey. Then they bring it back and go, oh, well, you know what? There’s hundreds of miles. We can do the math. Look at all the pollution, these collector cars. We need to remove them all from the road, and that’s exactly their plan.
SPEAKER 12 :
It’s crazy. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, because of… A whole bunch of different factors, but a lot of incompetence regarding these L.A. fires. They ostensibly want to protect the air, but think about what’s happening to the air because of governmental, whatever, incompetence from these fires. Just think about what’s happening to the air there, Lauren Fixx.
SPEAKER 13 :
Oh, my gosh. The cars that are burning. And I have to tell you this story. A friend of mine was at the Detroit Auto Show. His name shall remain nameless. He was there for the evening before the show for media. So that was like Thursday night. And Ford did a presentation. And they showed some performance cars. And he asked, he goes, oh, we’re in electric cars. Just because he likes to stir a little bit. And they said, oh, we’re not showing electric cars. We’re only showing performance cars in Detroit. Interesting, because they know that President Trump’s going to remove the mandate and the $7,500 tax credit. It’s coming. Can’t come quick enough. And manufacturers are aware of that. So they’re now showing hybrids. They’re showing gasoline-powered vehicles that customers want. Fun cars, whether it be a Bronco or a performance Mustang or a pickup truck, whatever customers want, they’re going to make. So he was talking to one of the communications people, some young girl, and she says, you know, all those fires in California are because of gasoline-powered cars. And I’m thinking… Where did that come from? You have to connect the dots on that. Because the fact is, the electric cars that caught fire, and I have a friend who left his Tesla in the garage, burned for days and days and days and pollutes substantially worse because they’re all plastic. And all the chemicals that are burning from those batteries are going into the environment. So that’s polluting worse. than anything an old MG would do or fill-in-the-blank type car. And it doesn’t make sense. This is typical California. So we’re going to ban, they want to use this as an excuse to ban gasoline-powered cars. Their new narrative is all these fires were all caused by climate change and gasoline-powered cars, which is absurd. You cannot connect those dots.
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So I was talking with someone when I was out in Southern California, and he said that it used to be that in some of these areas they would have goats, that they would graze goats, and that helped keep the underbrush under control, and that the environmentalist, and he also said that many of those that did this grazing with goats were entrepreneurs, and so California wanted to get rid of Go grazing, get rid of entrepreneurs, which got rid of just a very effective way to try to control the underbrush. And I thought that that was super interesting. And so my colleague said, ultimately, those in power, they want to get rid of entrepreneurs, whether or not it might be cattlemen or sheep farmers or sheep ranchers or ranchers. realtors or car dealers. They want to get rid of entrepreneurs, I think, Lauren Fix.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, I think it’s more than that. I think you’re not thinking big enough. What happens in 2028? The Olympics are supposed to be in L.A. Well, how are they going to get all those people around? Because I remember reading when they said the Olympics, how are they going to get all those people? Because L.A. traffic is crazy. I don’t care if it’s 2 o’clock in the morning or 2 o’clock in the afternoon. It’s always crazy. And there’s always rush hour. It’s just a lot of cars on the road. And there is no mass transit in many cases. So people drive. Nobody walks in L.A. as the song goes back from the 80s. I think it was the Pretenders that did that song. But what’s interesting about the whole Los Angeles, and this is something to watch, the Olympics, where are they going to house all those people? They’ve got a problem. They have not built any of the stadiums, which you can build quickly if you need to. They have some stuff that they already have. But in order to have the Olympics on a global basis to house all those people, get those people from place to place, You need housing. You need transportation. And I’ve been kind of watching. And yesterday, Gavin Newsom said when I interviewed him, although he looked like he was high, he was wavering around. I thought it was kind of weird. Maybe. Who knows? He said that they’re going to reimagine Los Angeles. Oh, there’s the word. We’re going to reimagine Los Angeles. We’re going to get people around better. We’re going to have multi-family housing. So in other words, you want it to look like A 15-minute city. Hmm. Maybe that’s the plan. Rebuild everything quick just for the Olympics to have the new. 15-minute cities. It’s coming. I think it’s time to tell him to go move to another planet because that’s not going to fly in L.A. All those people that had expensive homes, who had normal homes, who lost their homes. And I’ve been all over that area, not just Malibu, Pacific Palisades, all that area. It’s horrible. Pasadena. And a lot of those fires are arson. And they’ve caught a lot of those people. But once the fire starts, stopping it is very difficult.
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Well, and then these reports that I was listening last night on one of the evening shows that there’s a reservoir for Pacific Palisades that’s been empty since a year ago, February, I think. where where where is the proper management on the course and out here in Colorado and I had a colleague that sent some information over to me that I’m we’ve got I’m just reporting it now I’ve got to find it but we actually had the Corvin engineers out here in Colorado that released water out of chat real chatfield reservoir out here what is on earth is going on Lauren fix well
SPEAKER 13 :
I’m not a water management expert, but I will tell you, when you have a drone, which I do personally own one, you can sometimes see things that maybe they don’t want you to see. So I can tell you that that reservoir is full, but a drone will tell you otherwise. They went over it. It was dry as a bone. Actually, most of the reservoirs are. Now, who owns the water in L.A.? And I’m looking up the name for you, but there is a, believe it or not, there is a couple. I forgot the last name. I’m going to look it up for you. But they own the water system. How do you own the water? The water belongs to the people that live in the whole entire state. Well, these people that who owns the water in L.A. and in California, and you will be shocked. You can look it up yourself. Who owns the water in California? It is a couple who were billions of dollars. And she came from the entertainment business. He owned a security company. They met together. She calls himself the little salt and pepper shakers. The fact is they’re worth over nine billion dollars and they own the water and they also own water. Palm makes pomegranates, and they also own wonderful wishes of pistachios. And they’ve been funding money to all of the politicians, lots of money, in order to get rules and regulations like having water in certain areas that they’re not supposed to. It is very interesting. It’s worth looking up.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay, I’ve got this under duck assist. It says, in California, the state and federal government own all the water, but individuals and entities can acquire rights to use it through licenses, permits, and contracts. The Resnicks, for example, have significant control over water resources due to their ownership of farmland and waterways. water rights and so this goes back to conversations we have on a regular basis it there are people that think that they own their land but actually if they cannot access their land because of licenses permits contracts easements all those things it’s the same as not owning your land this is really not where we were headed on this conversation i know but
SPEAKER 13 :
Look it up. If you’re listening, look up the Resnick family. It’s Stuart and Linda Resnick. Do your own research. They’re billionaire farmers that control California’s waters. So what does this really mean? Let me get back to the car. I’ll circle it back to cars for you. You own a vehicle anywhere in the entire country, anywhere. I don’t care if you live in Iowa, you live in Colorado, you live in California, you live in Buffalo, okay? And you’re going to get a new insurance bill when your policy is ready to renew, and it’s going to be a lot higher. I’m trying to get a number on that right now, actually, because what we’re finding is that those fires are going to impact everybody’s car bill because they’ve got to pay for the cars. Car insurance is mandatory. So if your car burns down, I don’t care where you live, the insurance companies will say, oh, my gosh, unless you torch it yourself. The cars will get paid out. The house isn’t in the store. You need an insurance expert for that. There’s been a lot of weird insurance things going on. State Farm pulled out of California, just like many pulled out of Florida because of natural disasters or whatever it might be. So when you’re thinking about how does that impact me, I’m listening. I live in Denver. I don’t care. I’m just going to listen to Kim and the rest of the things that don’t impact me. It’s going to impact you. If you live in the Denver area, you’re going to get your insurance bill, and you’re going to go, how come last year it went up 30% to 40%, and now it’s even higher? And if you’re going to go buy a new car, it’s going to be even higher because of replacement value. So when you start thinking about insurance numbers, this is going to impact the auto industry. Because you’re going to buy a car, again, I always say this, every car review I do, and all my car reviews live on CarSmarts now, and all the news and things you and I talk about live on Car Coach Reports, just anyone’s wondering. And so I always say at the end of the car reviews, hey, before you go and make your final decision, make sure you test drive all the competition and check with your insurance agent. And I say that because it’s now become almost as expensive to insure a car as it is to pay for the car.
SPEAKER 12 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 13 :
And it’s going to get worse.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, and one of my sponsors, Roger Manger with the State Farm and his State Farm Insurance team, I’m going to have to talk with him about that. Lauren, we’re going to continue the discussion. I’m talking with Lauren Fix, Car Coach Reports. And all of this happens because of our sponsors. And if you have been injured, be sure and reach out to John Boson and Boson Law.
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And welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Check out our website. That is KimMunson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at KimMunson.com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice. We search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something is a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And Lauren Fix is on the line. She mentioned the Resnick couple in California. And there is an interesting piece in Fortune that may be trying to push back a little bit on that narrative. So I think we like to read everything. So check that out. But it’s pretty interesting what’s going on there. So Lauren, before I get back to Lauren, this year, make sure that you have in your repertoire of giving the USMC Memorial Foundation to help with the remodel of the Marine Memorial here in Colorado. It is tax deductible, and we really need to make sure that we remember and honor those that have given their lives or been willing to give their lives for our liberty. And a great way to do that is to support the USMCMemorialFoundation.org. Lauren Fix, you recently were on a publication, a video, regarding Trump’s impact on tariffs and EVs. And so what should people know about that?
SPEAKER 13 :
I’ve also got a report coming out tonight at 6.15 Eastern on Car Coach Reports that is going to cover a little bit more detail on the electric vehicle mandate, the $7,500 tax credit and why it’s going away and the impact not just to the dealers but also to consumers. Because Trump said on day one, day one, I’m going to end the electric vehicle mandate. He’s been saying that on the campaign trail. We want him to stand by his word. And why people are going, oh, you know, Elon Musk isn’t going to like that. You know, he’s Tesla. He’s going to want that because that’s how he sells cars. Oh, no. If I can eliminate my competition. let’s let’s get rid of that mandate he doesn’t care he sells elon musk and tesla own about 68 of the electric vehicle market so all the cars that are evs that are out in the roadway most of them are teslas and he makes them all like M&Ms. He keeps making them. He just finally did an upgrade on the Model Y. I mean, they were all looking the same forever and ever and ever. So it’s a little facial update. But other than that, they still look like the Mentors, if you’re a Harry Potter fan. Basically, they’re faceless, soulless cars. But I wouldn’t own one personally. But the American Field Petroleum is putting out a huge push, billions of dollars. TV, radio, film, everything. Actually, I think it’s millions of dollars. It’s called Day One Priority, and they’re putting it out there saying, President Trump, you said you were going to remove this mandate. We want this mandate gone. And it’s not because they’re part of the fuel industry. It’s because they claim that it’s greener, but it’s not. What’s charging all these electric cars? It’s going to be coal-powered plants. It depends what state you’re in, nuclear power. The other thing, of course, would be natural gas. But electricity comes from somewhere. It doesn’t come from the air. And don’t tell me, oh, solar and wind. They can only give us up to 18% of what we need. And those windmills, when they go bad, the motors die, they just let them sit there now. They used to take the wind propellers down and they made a fiberglass. They have to bury them on the ground because fiberglass is not recyclable. And solar panels, same problem. A bird hits a panel and you’re like, oh, I’ll just get a new one put in. Great. Well, that panel has to go to a salvage yard. And again, if you want to do something on the Internet, you have nothing to do. Look up solar panel salvage yards. They’re all over the world stacking up because once they’re damaged for whatever reason, whether it’s in shipping or they don’t work anymore or something hits it, too bad. They’re junk. And there’s no way to recycle those. But again, this is very typical of how the left operates. They tell you this is the best thing, and then when it doesn’t work, they have another problem on the backside. So I expect in the next five years we’ll be going, what are we going to do with all these propellers and all these solar panels and all these batteries from all these electric cars? That’s going to be a problem. And it’s not just going to be our problem. It’s going to be our children and our grandchildren’s problem. And interesting. Before I go further down this, in L.A., where the fires were, and I just found this last night. It was late at night. I think I sent it to you, Kim. They found like a basement full of batteries, and they were from the electric bikes. Someone had been storing them in like an underground location. The problem is the fires are very close to those. And although they may no longer work, some may not work. If they catch fire, there’s still a lot of minerals in there that would go up like a big kaboom. So that could be a problem. So again, where do you store these? What do you do with these? Someone just put them in some sort of… underground location, whatever. And again, we don’t know if there’s radiation coming out of that or anything. No one knows anything. All we know is that it’s not good for the environment. But don’t worry, we’re going to take all your classic cards. Again, very poor thoughts from Gavin Newsom and the geniuses in California. But either way, the $7,500 tax credit is going away. So is the mandates going away as long as President Trump follows through on his promises. So what does that mean? That’s actually a good thing. Our manufacturers are building cars because they’re being forced to, and they don’t make money on them. And a perfect example is Ford loses $44,000 in every F-Series truck that’s all electric, but they make them because they have to. But other brands are thinking ahead and have already transitioned to hybrid. Even Volvo, who is all about, well, no, we’re all electric. It’s only electric. They said, you know what, we’re going to continue to make hybrid vehicles as long as customers want them. Well, that’s what customers want. They want the good fuel economy. They want to have the range. They want to be able to drive wherever they want to go instead of being in Colorado, you know, up in Ravidir Pass going, uh-oh. I don’t have a charger. Where do I plug in? There’s no place to plug in. And it would take forever. You’d be seeing if they’re freezing to death while you’re trying to wait for a charge. Because in cold weather, cars don’t charge as fast. Of course, no one tells you these things, and so you have to live with them. And a lot of the home electric cars don’t go back to them. And the number was originally like 50%. It’s now like 75%. The numbers just continue to grow. People are going, you know, this didn’t work for me the way I thought. Tell me it works. Great. Awesome. Enjoy. But you should be able to have choices. So the zero emissions thing helps Elon Musk because if you have no competition, because no car manufacturer is going to build something on the loss. They’re doing it because they have to. That means almost every brand is going to pull back and offer gas and offer hybrid. They might have a couple electric cars, the ones that might sell, maybe more reasonably priced. But soon there won’t be nearly as many to choose from because there’s no tax credit and people don’t like that. And, of course, you have to lease it, and I don’t recommend buying an electric car if you’re going to buy one because getting rid of it three years down the road or five years down the road, good luck. Because anyone that has one or purchased one can’t get rid of them. And that includes expensive cars like a Porsche Taycan, which is their electric vehicle. A neighbor of mine has one, and he tried to trade it back to the dealer three years later after he purchased it from the same dealer. And they said, we don’t want it. He said, no, no, no, I bought this car from you. I want to trade it in. And they’re like, no, we don’t want it. So now he can’t get rid of it. He’s tried selling it on Bring a Trailer and eBay. He can’t get rid of it. He said, I will take such a hit on this that it makes no sense. Again, putting the cart in front of the horse, but that’s very typical of this whole concept. So as the tax credit goes away, the mandate goes away, California needs to do one thing. We need to get rid of the California Air Resources Board. Currently, California… controls not the state i live in new york but the state you live in colorado as well as california 17 states so as long as that california air resources board is being funded is in control and has power it will control 17 states and no car manufacturer is going to make everything for one state they’re going to make it for every state because it would make no sense uh it just would be Right, right. We want them to defund the California Air Resources Board. If California wants to have their own little rules in their own little state, fine. But making all these car rules that are affecting everyone else is unacceptable, and it’s also against the Constitution.
SPEAKER 12 :
There you go. Lauren Fix, we’re out of time. Lauren Fix, Car Coach Reports. Thank you so much. And our quote for the end of the show is from Thomas Jefferson. He said, the issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or to be ruled by a small elite. So stay tuned for our number two. We’ll be right back.
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We’ll be right back.
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That seems to me like government is establishing a religion. If you give people rights, women’s rights, gay rights, whatever, there can’t be equal rights if there are special rights. Surveys show that people still really prefer freedom over government force.
SPEAKER 01 :
Is it freedom or is it force? Let’s have a conversation.
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Indeed, let’s have a conversation. Welcome to our number two of the Kim Munson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You each are treasured, you’re valued, you have purpose. Today’s drive for excellence, take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body. My friends, we were made for this moment in history. Thank you to the team. That’s Producer Joe, Producer Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Teresa, all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Happy Tuesday, Producer Joe. Happy Tuesday, Kim. I think that Lauren Fix and I could do a three-hour Joe Rogan kind of line.
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I’m almost 100% sure you guys could.
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Thanks for having me back.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, and it’s different. Isn’t it different being behind the mic versus behind the boards?
SPEAKER 08 :
It is. It’s very different. Less buttons to worry about pushing.
SPEAKER 12 :
Just the cough button, right?
SPEAKER 08 :
Less multitasking. I can focus more on the conversation.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, it’s good to have you. And Luke, we’ve been going through this book, Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt. And we’re going to be talking about profits and also inflation. And then we’re going to finish the book up next month. And then you have a suggestion of what you want us to do after that?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. I mean, I’m sure there’s plenty of good books. I’m open to other suggestions, too. But I personally really enjoy The Prince by Machiavelli.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay, I’ve never read that, so I think we’ll make that as our next book review. And I love this. You’re 26, right?
SPEAKER 08 :
I think so. I was born in 98, so yeah, 26.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay, you’re 26. And I just really appreciate these conversations, our perspectives, because I learn so much from you guys. And I appreciate you being game for doing this. This is awesome.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I appreciate you having me. I know not all of my opinions are party line, but…
SPEAKER 12 :
Which is important. It’s important to have these conversations, to understand what you’re hearing from all of your friends. Because we’re all in this thing together, Luke. That’s very true. We are. A couple of things, though. Let’s get to our word of the day. And it should be easy to use this in a sentence. It’s kooky. K-O-O-K-Y. It could be characteristics of a kook, strange or crazy. Number two, it could be irreverent, idiosyncratic or unexpected, not normal. Or number three, crazy or insane. And it’s very easy to use kooky in a sentence. As I look at the Biden-Harris administration on their way out the door, some of the things they’re proposing are absolutely kooky.
SPEAKER 08 :
Sounds good.
SPEAKER 12 :
And our quote for today is from Thomas Jefferson. This was a letter to Benjamin Rush in 1800, and it was regarding tyranny. And he said, And I love that. I like that. You like that? I like that a lot. Yeah. And so that is our word of the day, or excuse me, our quote of the day. And then the show happens because of our sponsors. I know each and every one of my sponsors personally, they all strive for excellence. And one of those great sponsors is Boson Law and John Boson is on the line. John, welcome.
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Good morning, Kim. How are you?
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Well, I am well. And we talked a little bit about this last week. But Ozempic, I’ve seen it advertised on television. I know people that have used it. It’s people that have had diabetes have used it. But then it’s been also used for weight loss and obesity. But it sounds like maybe there’s some side effects that the manufacturers and maybe the FDA knew about, or tell us what’s going on.
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Well, yeah, we talked about it last week a little bit, and lots of folks are talking about it now, and unfortunately a lot of folks looking for that easy path to weight loss, especially after the holidays, are exploring and looking into Ozempic and Wachovia and on heroin, some of these semaglutides. And they’re designed originally to help folks with diabetes. But then after some use, people discovered there’s some studies done and they’re shown to be a very effective weight loss medication. So people started jumping on that bandwagon. And the lawsuits that are being filed now against the manufacturers are alleging that Novo Nordics and Eli Lilly, that they knew that these drugs had problems, had serious side effects. The most serious is probably gastroparesis, which is a problem where the wall of the stomach, the stomach lining, the nerves and the wall and the muscles weaken. and cannot then do what they’re designed to do, which is push food from the stomach into the intestine, and there is no known cure to that. It requires medication, lifetime care, and so it’s a very, very serious side effect. It’s not a question of whether or not these drugs cause that. They do in a certain number of individuals, and the lawsuit is about the companies knowing these serious side effects and not disclosing them, not properly disclosing them, letting folks know, hey, this is a serious problem. Now there’s other problems, gallbladder disease, and almost on a weekly, not weekly, monthly basis, other things are being connected to the use of these drugs. So serious problem. I tell folks I know, not worth the risk. Do it the old-fashioned way. It’s more effective long term because the other part of that is people, after they get off the drug, weight comes back on.
SPEAKER 12 :
And I’ve always thought that informed consent is important. And so people, if they were informed of all of these side effects and decided to take it anyway, then that would be on them. But what I think I’m hearing you say is that a lot of these things were not disclosed. Is that correct?
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You’re dead on. The extent of the problem, the seriousness of the problem, and that is going to be the kicker. What did the manufacturers know when? And was there sufficient disclosure? Was there sufficient notice, information provided to the consumer so they could make an intelligent decision? Our position is absolutely not. Their defense is we disclose these problems. So trials are being lined up, and juries will make decisions, and we will in time know exactly where this litigation is going to go.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay. So if somebody thinks that they have been injured because of Ozempic or any of the other names of that drug, what should they do, John Bosen?
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Okay, again, that’s John Boson and Boson Law, 303-999-9999. And, again, this is regarding Ozempic. What are some of the other names of that particular pharmaceutical?
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Wachovee, Monharrow are the big ones. Monharrow is manufactured by Eli Lilly. But again, most folks, the majority of people that are using these drugs are using Ozempic.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay. Okay. And again, that’s John Bosen, Bosen Law, 303-999-9999. Thank you, John. And we will talk to you next week and really appreciate it.
SPEAKER 09 :
Look forward to it, Kim. Take care.
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SPEAKER 12 :
And welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Check out our website. That is Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at KimMunson.com as well. And thank you to all of you who support us. We really appreciate you. And also thank you to Laramie Energy. for their goal sponsorship of the show because it’s reliable, efficient, affordable, and abundant energy from natural gas, oil, and coal that powers our lives, fuels our hopes and dreams, and helps us control our own personal climate. I think I’m going to add that in permanently. What do you think, Joe? Is that okay?
SPEAKER 16 :
I think so because that personal climate is very, very important. Wait until you have a day of 90 in Colorado. You kind of want that A.C.
SPEAKER 12 :
Or what about we’re supposed to have some bitter cold this weekend as well. I really am grateful for a warm house. And all I have to do is just basically, you know, hit a button and it happens. Do you know how much work it is back in the old days when they had to warm their homes with coal to bring coal in or to heat your home with wood? It’s a lot of work.
SPEAKER 16 :
I actually do. My grandfather has a stone chimney fireplace that is routed throughout his entire house. So every time I go out there, I’m chopping wood and doing a fireplace. It is a pain in the butt. It’s a lot of work. And then enough times of use within a week, you got to clean it out and do it again.
SPEAKER 12 :
Do it again. Absolutely. So we are so blessed and all of this is under attack. I am thrilled to have the young guys here. In here, I was going to say the young guns, but I can’t say that in Colorado right now. But Producer Luke and Producer Joe, both 26 years old. I so appreciate their perspectives. We’ve been going through this book, Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt. It says the shortest and surest way to understand basic economics. And Producer Luke, we are to chapters 22 and 23. Almost done. Almost done. And 22 is the function of profits. And he starts off with the indignation shown by many people today at the mention of the very word profit indicates how little understanding there is of the vital function that profits play in our economy. So that sets us up. And I know that sometimes you agree, sometimes you think his tone’s a little much. So what do you think about profits?
SPEAKER 08 :
What do I think about profits? I think, in terms of the way Hazlitt addresses profits, in this chapter specifically, I think it works better almost entirely isolated to a time like pre-1980s. Because I think that’s when a lot of what he’s saying makes the most sense, and I don’t think a lot of that holds up anymore. First, I definitely want to start by saying, I get companies need to make profit, right? Not only do you need to pay your employees, you need to produce a product, you need to reinvest in yourself to continue to innovate. Obviously, I understand that. I totally get it. He goes on to state a little bit later in here that profits do not bulk large in our total economy. The net income of incorporated businesses in the 15 years from 1928 to 1943, to take some illustrative figures, averaged less than 5% of the total national income. And then he goes on to give some more details. Dates stating that between 1956 and 1960, the average is less than 6%. Between 1971 to 1975, average less than 6%. And again, to reiterate, this is the net income of incorporated businesses, sort of accounting for a percentage of total national profits or national income. And I felt that that was a little off to me. So I went through and I double checked his work. And while he is correct in those percentages, those percentages don’t hold true to today. If again, between 1929 and 1943, it’s less than 5%. Between 56 and 60 is less than 6%. 71 to 75 is also less than 6%. Kim, I would like you to guess What percentage of total corporate profits accounted for national income between 2020 and 2024? If you had to throw a number out there. I don’t know. 16.7%. That is a huge increase. That is an astronomical increase, especially when you compare it to the historical figures of the past. To be less than 6%, less than 6%, less than 6%, less than 6% over approximately, what is that, 3, 4, 5, over 50 years, just about, averaging 6%. And just to, again, double check, between 1990 and 1995, it was 5%. uh, jumping a little bit ahead between the year 2000 and 2005, it doubles 10%. Uh, between 2010 and 2015, we stay at 10%. And then again, jumping to 2020 to 2024, 16.7% of national income is corporate profits, not corporate income, corporate profits. Uh,
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay, and what’s your source on that?
SPEAKER 08 :
I got that from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay, so government… That is .gov, yep. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Okay, good research on that.
SPEAKER 08 :
I wanted to double-check, and the reason I wanted to double-check is because later on in this chapter, he talks about, contrary to popular impression, profits are achieved not by raising prices, but by introducing economies and efficiencies that cut costs of production. I don’t think that’s the case in 2020 to 2024. Perhaps this is an observation bias. Perhaps I am blind to some of the workings behind the scenes, but I can’t afford eggs anymore, and eggs haven’t become any more or less efficient, at least in my immediate experience. The way grocery stores function on a fundamental level have become arguably more efficient. You can do curbside pickup. You can order online. There are so many. There are so many more things going on. These systems have become more efficient. We’re using AI and the internet to mass order and do all this stuff without the need of an employee for a majority of things. But prices are still going up. Places like Walmart, these big energy companies – are recording record profits well nothing’s gotten more efficient i mean things have gotten more efficient but the price isn’t going down the price is going up they’re charging you to use the self-checkout aisle it’s uh you know in some of these they’re charging you in some of these states yeah uh i think california um of course california california uh there’s a couple other states where walmart and people you have to pay a subscription plan to check your own groceries out So I think I do take a little issue with those notions because I’m not seeing that in real life right now. I’m seeing the exact opposite.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay. Excellent points. Great research. So thank you. So, Joe, prophets, what’s your thoughts on this?
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, and just kind of piggybacking off of what Luke said there, I think that is accurate. They’re getting really good at efficiency, but as prices are still going up, wages for people aren’t still going up. Wages stay the same. And so now that bottom end people that have to pay 20% more for the same goods that they were previously getting, but they’re not getting paid anymore, have to live in almost poverty now.
SPEAKER 12 :
And so inflation, my father always said that inflation is that silent thief. And under Jimmy Carter and now under the Biden-Harris administration, we had what was called stagflation. And that was where prices were going up, but people’s wages were not going up as quickly. And so people are losing ground because of that. So, great research on this. And I feel like, what was that game show where you could call your line, you know, you had a line to somebody for a phone call or whatever? Who wants to be a millionaire? But you had a call, you could say, I’m going to take my…
SPEAKER 08 :
Take a lifeline or something?
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, take a lifeline. So my lifeline, my friends, is 720-605-0647. Text me as I’m in here with these young guns on this. But first thing that I would say that’s just jumping out at me regarding 2020 to 2024 and this huge increase in profits. is that I say many times there’s a difference between capitalism and cronyism. 2020 to 2024, we saw cronyism big time, where you had pharmaceuticals that said, hey, we can make a lot of money if we have government mandate or coerce or use fear or whatever to get people to have to use our product, and we’re going to get government to also pay for. our product so I think that what we might be seeing there is crony profits not capitalist profits okay Joe
SPEAKER 16 :
I actually have an example. I saw there was a hearing for the owner of Boeing. So Boeing is under scrutiny right now because their planes are often falling out of sky or breaking. But at the same time, that owner took a 45% increase in his salary while there were contracts for his maintenance people, his engineers, the people that are doing the groundwork and They went to school. They learned all the skills that they need to try and succeed. They got locked into a six-year contract where their wages never changed. Do you see a problem with that?
SPEAKER 12 :
It does seem like maybe a lack of understanding from the leadership component. And so stay tuned on that. I’m thinking, OK, if they’re competing in a real market, then airlines would not be buying their product, which would affect everything, right?
SPEAKER 16 :
But they also have government deals for their planes and stuff like that. So the government is paying for them while they’re making more profits and not paying the people who keep the company running. Because honestly, at the end of the day, if you didn’t have those technicians and those engineers, the planes aren’t getting off the ground.
SPEAKER 12 :
Right. This will play on the long term. This is going to work itself out. But this is cronyism. Once again, this is cronyism and lack of leadership, a tenure, if you will, by the CEO to take those kinds of increases in pay when this other stuff is occurring. And I agree. That’s a real problem, Luke.
SPEAKER 08 :
Piping hot take, piping hot controversial take. This one’s gonna catch me some flak. Crony profits are capitalist profits because capitalism has allowed for the cronyism to exist.
SPEAKER 12 :
No, it’s not capitalism that has allowed that to exist. What has allowed that to exist is government and big business getting in bed with each other to make rules and regulations and taxes and fees to try to squash their competition. And so it’s not capitalism. It is government and business colluding together is what I would say on that. Luke?
SPEAKER 08 :
I would say, again, the environment of free market capitalism has allowed that path to be taken. It’s the natural course of action that it’s led to.
SPEAKER 12 :
But what about under socialism and communism?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, if socialism is a slippery slope to communism, then capitalism is a slippery slope to cronyism. The two ideas can’t be held independently of each other. If socialism leads to communism, then capitalism must lead to cronyism.
SPEAKER 12 :
And I have to push back on that because capitalism, without government intervention, when government is limited, when it is smaller, when it’s not coming in with rules and regulations to favor one over the other, then you have capitalism. And so capitalism doesn’t lead to cronyism. It is government, letting government get out of its lane. Joe?
SPEAKER 16 :
I kind of have an in-between take on this one because I kind of agree with Luke that capitalism can lead to cronyism because the cronies are already in the lead. They already have the capital available to make sure that they stay in the lead now. And now they get to use money to force the government and push on the government to… to incite these regulations so that you have to use specific brands of things, specific items of things for regulation purposes when that’s not capitalism. Completely right. But it was totally the fact that Originally, they started out on a capitalist idea. It was successful, and then they want to make sure it would always be successful from then on.
SPEAKER 08 :
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t it – it was Reagan who was the one who pioneered this idea that the exchange of money to government is constituted under free speech, which is what’s allowed lobbying to happen? I mean, I think it all leads one into the other.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, I think I personally do think that money is free speech, that I should be able to do with my money what I want to do. And so we’ve gotten down here. You know what? Let’s we need to. Again, I think we could do another Joe Rogan three hours with you guys on this. This is so interesting. And I really do. Appreciate the conversation. I’ve got to make so many notes here. All this happens because of our sponsors. And truly, Lavaca Meat is a premium product. It is the steakhouse experience at home. It is a great protein source for your diet. So be sure and check them out. They’re at the corner of Nevada and Maine in Old Littleton.
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And welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is KimMunson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at KimMunson.com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice, and we search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. Something’s a good idea. You should not have to force people to do it. January 23rd, Thursday evening, you’ve got two great places to be. You’re going to have to make a choice. I’ve tried to be in two places at the same time. Never successfully. And the first is in Pueblo at the Center for American Values. They will be having an event, an On Values event. Bob Chica, who was a crewman on the USS Pueblo, which the Pueblo was taken captive by the North Koreans during the Vietnam War and was held for over a year. And Bob was on that ship. boat as a crewman and was a prisoner for over a year it’s going to be super interesting and just check it out at AmericanValueCenter.org if you plan on attending let them know so that they have enough chairs and normally they have a little reception with food afterwards as well so that is AmericanValueCenter.org and then here in the metro area The Colorado Union of Taxpayers, we will be holding our legislative kickoff event at the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association, which is at 290 East Spear. There’s parking right by the building, so don’t be afraid to go down there because we’ve got everything figured out for you, and we’d love to have you join us. Tickets are $10, and you can get more information on that by going to Colorado taxpayer dot org. OK, gentlemen, we have lots coming in here. So I’m just going to just let’s see here. Let’s go through here. It says. Oh. Somebody said, yes, it is difficult to heat with wood, but it’s wise to keep it as a backup system, which is what I’m doing as well. And let’s see. We’ll talk about eggs here in a minute. This is important to understand. Corporations pay their employees income daily. out of their profit. Somebody said, stop demonizing profits, run a business, and then talk to me. But this is our entrepreneurs, Luke. What you’ve described here during this huge increase in corporate profits, 20 to 24, is where the pharmaceuticals, big business, and big government got in bed with each other. And so what is the answer? The answer is that we reclaim this government for we the people and get it put back into the box that it needs to be in. I know that’s a tall order, Luke.
SPEAKER 08 :
It is. It is. But I don’t think it’s as much government as we’d like it to be. I think government is a good scapegoat in a sense. I want to pose a sort of thought experiment for an example, just because I think maybe I’m having a hard time understanding where your definition between capitalism and cronyism is. And I don’t know where that line is, so it’s hard to engage with those terms being used. Let’s sort of create this little bubble of reality where government doesn’t exist. Government has no influence on business at all. You have people who need food, water, and air to survive. We need shelter. And again, in this little bubble where government doesn’t exist, let’s say I have a lot of money, right? And I start an egg business, right? I buy a bunch of chickens, and those chickens produce a bunch of eggs, and then I sell those eggs to people. And let’s say I run that business very well for a very long time. And I make a lot of money. I’m beating out my competition. I have some competitors.
SPEAKER 12 :
And why are you beating out your competition?
SPEAKER 08 :
Let’s say I’m selling my eggs for a cheaper price and I’m delivering them to your door by myself. So whatever. I’m innovating. I’m providing a good service. I’m beating out my competition. Let’s say I make enough money that I want to make some more money. So I buy the neighboring farm. I buy up all of his chickens and all of his eggs. I give him a good payout. He’s happy. He can retire. And then I make more money. I make more money. And then I go to the next farmer, and I buy up all of his chickens and his eggs. He’s happy to sell it to me. He can retire. He doesn’t have to work another day in his life. And here I am with three more farms. Well, what happens when I buy all the farms and I have no more competition and I keep buying the farms until no farms exist besides my farm? And then I increase the price per egg to $500. At what point in that scenario is it cronyism?
SPEAKER 12 :
I would say there is no cronyism there. I think at some point in time, the free market is going to come in and people will say, okay, you own all the eggs, egg production, but I’m not going to eat eggs anymore because they’ve gotten so much more expensive. And so what will happen is people will start to make different choices. There will be other competitors that will come into the market, maybe not with eggs, but with a different product that people will decide that they’re going to And so that will – from a capitalistic standpoint, the egg producer is going to have to start to lower prices so that he can once again start to compete with the competitive products. Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
So – and then to sort of harken back just again to sort of recontextualize my definitions. The exchange of money to government, is that fair under free speech or do you take issue with that? Lobbying.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, if government is limited, if we get government back in its proper role, then we as people will – lobbying will not be as influential because with lobbying, what happens is trying to represent a specific industry or a specific – for example, let me give you an example. I was on the board of Lutheran Family Services. Right. uh… which is a non-profit if you will it was a charity and i this was in the nineties and that this and this was a big eye-opening experience for me because i thought it was a charity and then i ended up on the uh… i think i was the vice president of programs i was looking at the financials on it and i started to realize the bulk of their income was not from people donating but it was from government contracts primarily for refugee resettlement. Then when I was going through the financials on it, I found that we were spending money as a nonprofit on lobbyists down at the state house. And I realized that that’s not the proper role the way this was supposed to occur. So one of the first things that we need to stop doing is these government grants. Right. That’s a place that there’s a lot of cronyism. And we need to stop that. Joe, you look like you want to jump in.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, the only thing that I can think about, though, is we do need to stop this. But he who has the gold makes the rules. And unfortunately, the government has literally the ability to make gold to a degree, if you would. And it’s kind of showing out now that… The lobbying comes in tandem with… So the lobbying, for example, the pharmaceuticals. High profits. It kind of comes in tandem because that, like Luke was kind of saying, is once you’re at a point where with those three farms that he had, he is always making money, whereas those three farmers that he paid out and they don’t have a farm anymore… They don’t keep accruing money off of that. They got a one-time payment. And so they kind of have to live with what they have. Whereas Luke now has a guaranteed way of stream that he can kind of use to enforce what he needs.
SPEAKER 12 :
So, but again, and this is from one of our listeners that said, hold on here, it says, in a free society, he cannot buy all the farms because the smallest farm is me with my chickens at home. So that’s another point. Eggs get so expensive, people would get their own chickens. But then you’ve got governments that say you can’t have chickens in your backyard.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. I guess for the sake of the example, obviously, the thought experiment doesn’t exist sort of within the greater confines of the world. Because at that point, the argument would extend to, OK, well, I buy up all the chicken farms. You can’t get your own chickens because I own the production of chickens. Right. I mean, you can sort of expand it. However, the point I guess I’m trying to make is. In the founding of the nation, I think that the nation was founded, again, please correct me if I’m wrong, this nation was founded on the idea of free market capitalism. That’s sort of one of the things we did very differently than a lot of other people. When the government started, it started as the idea of being small government. So we had free market capitalism. We had small government. So what changed? What went wrong during that pipeline that’s converted what started as good into cronyism? Where was that pivot point?
SPEAKER 12 :
Probably really, we’ve talked about it with the progressive era, with Woodrow Wilson is one of the inflection points. Actually, I was at a presentation recently where the progressivism came out after the Civil War, but it’s really probably the inflection point is Woodrow Wilson. You guys, let’s stop. This is excellent. I do want to mention, though, on the eggs, on the egg prices that you mentioned, because egg prices have gone from a few years ago at $2.99, they’re at $8.99 where I’ve been getting eggs. And I had written a piece back in 23 regarding the… new law in Colorado that dictated that chickens had to be cage-free, that they had to have a certain amount of square footage. All of those things increased the prices of eggs. And then also this bird flu thing is, I guess, the USDA, if there is a sick chicken in the flock, they’re killing all the chickens. Right. What a dumb idea. To kill the healthy chickens too? It’s a dumb idea. But all these things are contributing to the increase in cost of our food supply. Joe?
SPEAKER 16 :
but that’s kind of where I see the lobbying to a degree as well is the big farms are not going to have as big of a hurt on that. The little farms are going to have to close down.
SPEAKER 12 :
And that’s an excellent point. I need to reread that legislation because that legislation, if I remember right, it didn’t affect the small producers or the big producers which lobbied it. It is for the mid-level producers where they’re trying to get them out of business. So going back to our Declaration of Independence, If we are all created equal, then the law has to be equal across the board for everyone. And that’s a point where when we started to say, you have to adhere to the law, you don’t, that was one of the places where we went down the wrong road. Gentlemen, let’s talk about inflation when we come back. And I do thank you for all these text messages, 720-605-0647. All this happens because of our sponsors. And Lorne Levy is who you need to call for everything mortgages.
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Welcome back to The Kim Munson Show. Check out our website. That’s Kim Munson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter. You can email me at Kim at KimMunson.com as well. Thank you to all of you who support us. We’re an independent voice. We search for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. Something’s a good idea. You should not have to force people to do it. One of our listeners might… My friend, you young gun, says, we’re going to need 24 hours that I learn more from your show than I ever did from any educational institution. Very sweet. And also, she said this, the problem with capitalism turning into cronyism is that we don’t hold our government accountable when they do these private public deals. There should be regulation on the government about picking winners and losers. And that is spot on. And I could tell you some different stories about when I was on city council, because you see this all the time, that you have interested parties. When I talk about PBIs, politicians, bureaucrats, interested parties, they come in They collude together. We’re all busy trying to live our lives, fighting inflation, all these things. And that’s where we have this cronyism that seeps in. We could talk more about this, gentlemen, but I want to keep us on task. We probably can’t agree on the next chapter, and that is inflation. So I’m going to go to you first, Joe.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah. It’s at an all-time high, and I sit and I think about the pictures around, I want to say World War II, like I saw one the other day of these kids playing with stacks of money because it was worthless in Germany because of what they created within the force of government.
SPEAKER 12 :
With inflation. And we’re going to have Jay Davidson on tomorrow, who is the founder of First American State Bank. He has been on this, this printing of money, this continuing taking of debt, sending billions of dollars to Ukraine that we printed up. This is all causing inflation. What’s your comments on inflation, Producer Luke?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, hopefully I can earn some goodwill back with the listener base. Fuck. by agreeing with Hazlitt in the next chapter. Because I think he is spot on with this one. He says in a lot of words, what can be said in a couple of words, that being inflation sucks and no one likes it. He says sort of near the end of the chapter, the poor are usually more heavily taxed by inflation in percent terms than the rich, for they do not have the same means of protecting themselves by speculative purchases of real equities. which I think kind of sums up a lot of what’s being said. And you see a lot in the sort of modern landscape of talking about inflation because I think there are two very primary sort of misconceptions about inflation. The first misconception being when people say, you know, 2025, for example, speculatively, inflation’s down to 2.5%. That doesn’t mean total inflation is down. 2.5%, it means it is increased by 2.5% as opposed to the projected increase of 3.5%. Inflation is additive, which I think is prone to being forgotten by a lot of people who aren’t really in the know. And then the second sort of misconception about inflation, when they say total inflation is 7%, let’s just say that’s the number they throw out. That’s 7%. But it’s also 7% across cherry-picked data that benefits whatever administration’s in power. If bread’s gone up 200% and eggs have gone up 300% and gas has gone up 500%, well, inflation for the people who can only afford eggs, bread, and gas, inflation’s 700%. I don’t care if the price of a used Toyota Tundra has only gone up 0.5%. I’m not buying a new… Toyota Tundra, it doesn’t matter to me. It impacts different people differently. Which again, Hazlitt says and agrees with. So I agree with Hazlitt on that. I just think it’s often forgotten.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, inflation hurts those trying to move up the economic ladder the most. Those that are – and as you mentioned, basic things. The idea that eggs are at the price that they are because of government policy. And my understanding regarding the egg producers is that on this legislation for these cage-free chickens – was basically they were threatened. They were said either, why don’t you agree to this? Again, this is hearsay. I need to qualify that. But you need to adhere to this new legislation or we’re going to take it to the ballot box. Right. And everybody is so concerned because of what happened with the reintroduction of of the wolves it’s amazing that we were able to defeat several bad bills two in denver the meat processing ban as well as the fur ban and denver and then the the hunting ban so we we have had had some success but we need to stay on that so let’s go to joe then back to luke
SPEAKER 16 :
I think people forget about why we created paper money in the first place. It was so we didn’t have to carry around all our goods for trades of value. And I think that is the biggest thing that we should take from this, that when the government prints money, they are not adding value to the coffers while doing so. So that’s what expands it even further and just makes this everlasting growth because now we have money And each time we print more amounts of money and the Fed didn’t gain any amounts of capital, they just devalued the dollar by a .0001 minuscule amount. It’s also exponential. As you keep doing that, it will start to compound to this big behemoth of a monster that you will not recover from. And it’s all due to the fact that we don’t have value to the dollar anymore. And I don’t like that.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, and it is because of government policy and the Fed. You’ve nailed that. We’re getting close to out of time. Producer Luke.
SPEAKER 08 :
You want to talk about private government partnership, Federal Reserve, looking at you. And it’s funny we’re talking about eggs again and the price of eggs. And the reason I wanted to use eggs in that initial example, I think people wonder, why are you harking on eggs so much? Well, they’re a great source of protein, and you can get a lot of them for very cheap, right? If you want another source of protein, you’re looking at beef, pork, you know, the actual chicken itself. You know, you kill one pig. How much protein are you getting out of that versus a chicken that’s going to be producing it like crazy? You know, it eats scrap. So I think when we look at eggs, eggs are a big part of this whole thing because they’re so multifaceted, because they’re so important, because there aren’t a whole lot of good alternatives. If you want egg, that bulk source of protein, go eat the bugs. I don’t want to eat bugs. I’d rather eat eggs. So I think that’s why we use eggs a lot. But yeah. When it comes to inflation, the devaluing of the dollar, we made a huge mistake when we moved off of a gold-backed currency. We can print money forever. It’s all just a belief system. It holds no weight, and I think that’s a shame.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. OK. OK. Ballot initiative to restore the grocery bags as well. Yeah. What about this? Oh, we don’t have much time, but this is so frustrating. So during COVID, do you remember that people were many people were disinfecting their shipments that came to their home? Everybody concerned about germs in the grocery store. Then we outlaw these sanitary products. Plastic bags, people use them when they go home for other things, but we outlaw those in Colorado. Now people are bringing in these dirty bags. How often do you wash your bags that you take into the grocery store, pull them out of their car? And so it’s time for us to restore the grocery bags as well. Ten seconds, Joe. Always fun. Thank you.
SPEAKER 16 :
It’s my pleasure. And just last point, they don’t wash those bags and how many things have spilled over in those bags on the trip home.
SPEAKER 12 :
I know it. I know it. Okay. Producer Luke, this is so fun.
SPEAKER 08 :
Oh, it’s a great time. Thanks for having me on. Okay. I hope I don’t blow your phone up too much with all my…
SPEAKER 12 :
I appreciate it. This really is making us think. And so that’s a great quote for the end of the show from Thomas Jefferson. He said that the issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or to be ruled by a small elite. Jefferson. Love it. Very nice. So my friends today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate endlessly well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
SPEAKER 17 :
Talking about freedom Talking about freedom I will fight
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