everyone talks about how much money pablo escobar makes. i think a mexican drug trafficker has joined that infamous l list. you know if you're on the list, your days are probably numbered, because you're getting a little too much attention. if we look back at our history, some of our founding family fortunes are built on illicit trade. here, of course, i've already mentioned to brown brothers, but we can look to the hancock family in boston, we can look to america's first multimillionaire, john jacob astor. how did he make his money? dabbling in opium smuggling, dabbling in trading with the enemy during the war of 1812, most importantly by selling illicit alcohol to native americans in exchange for much-coveted and profitable furs. this trade was banned by the federal government but poorly enforced, so his company, the american fur or trading company, and he's remembered as america's first wealthiest mull millionaire. last but not least, there's much talk today on immigration reform debate, but it's been going on for years now how our borde