HI Bob,

On Mon 2037-Jul-27 23:34, Bob Klahn (1:124/311) wrote to Richard Webb:

BK>>  The cartels don't want to stop the illegal crossing, but they do
BK>> want to collect on everyone who crosses. So, if you can't pay,  they
BK>> ain't gonna let you cross on your own. The old Coyotes  didn't try
BK>> to stop people from doing it on their own, and they  couldn't if
BK>> they tried. The cartels are a lot more powerful.

 RW> Agreed, and when taken with the displacement of people in
 RW> Columbia and elsewhere because of drug traffickers, etc. we
 RW> have one of the best damned reasons for legalization I
 RW> could ever find. Marijuana is already acknowledged as the
 RW> largest cash crop in the state of California.

BK>  OTOH, can you imagine the Calli cartel incorporating in this 
BK> country? The Mafia has a history of getting into legal
BK>  businesses.

I can indeed.  THese folks know how to wash money, just as
the old mafia did.  I"m sure they're already doing the same
to some degree.

BK>>  My further suspicion, many who want to get away from the cartels
BK>> but can't cross the border may go south further into Mexico,  rather
BK>> than stay near the border. Just my speculation.

 RW> PRobably so, but they're still displaced, lose their homes,
 RW> separated from loved ones, often unable to find meaningful
 RW> employment.

BK>  Yep. And that adds to the fuel.

OF course it does, and when the drug warriors from outside
subsidize the locals to come in and eradicate the crop then
they move on, displacing more folks somewhere else.

IT isn't just what they do, but they seriously want a
monopoly.  THe coca growers are encouraged to grow coca, so
long as they only sell to the cartel.  NO doubt same with
the growers of marijuana in MExico.
And still we have more war on drugs.  When the dentist gets
together with the stockbroker and the real estate agent they get out the
razor blades and the spoons.  While they sip
their cool libation and snort a few lines poor farmers in
Latin America uproot their families and become refugees.
But hey man, we're winnin' the war on drugs.  .

Regards,
           Richard
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