tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post3331688592893352272..comments2024-03-22T00:38:12.095-07:00Comments on Mike's Bogota Blog: When is a Narcotrafficker Not a Narcotrafficker?Miguelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15388030533444193686noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-22876050140896578892013-06-28T18:32:24.757-07:002013-06-28T18:32:24.757-07:00Why not? If anything should be taxed, it's tob...Why not? If anything should be taxed, it's tobacco, because of the huge social costs it generates.<br /><br />And to discourage its consumption. <br /><br />MikeMiguelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388030533444193686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-27584365758066349622013-06-28T05:59:13.962-07:002013-06-28T05:59:13.962-07:00If only the state didn't get it's hands di...If only the state didn't get it's hands dirty by taxing it. Hmmm... Turns it all around. ;)Stuart Oswaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935995451698556144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-78250310378142354682013-06-27T22:15:44.231-07:002013-06-27T22:15:44.231-07:00I expect that the US will do their best to get alo...I expect that the US will do their best to get along with him, ignoring the contraband. Washington badly wants allies in the region, whether they're contrabandists or not. <br /><br />It's all short-term interests.<br /><br />The case of Uribe is different, since the acts alleged against him are serious on a different level.<br /><br />MikeMiguelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388030533444193686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-8998653667305947472013-06-27T09:36:49.138-07:002013-06-27T09:36:49.138-07:00Miguel, if it is approved by USA, and in a mysteri...Miguel, if it is approved by USA, and in a mysterious way this guy is helping America's interest he can be president...Uribe has so many skeletons in his closet for so long, even before he was elected; there were rumors of him and his family connections with narcos and paras and, he went to be president so many times. If you have a population in which most people are stupid and willingly ignorant and, USA likes whoever is trying to be president, even somebody like Pablo Escobar Gaviria could be president.mauricio forero lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05758067872699510155noreply@blogger.com