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>> hotels. real estate. it is all to sell the dream to the next people. >> anthony: in 1981, the fbi called miami the most violent city in america. the drug industry brought in an estimated $7 billion to $12 billion a year and thats of 1981 money. that is a lot of trickle down. one of the most successful documentaries in the history of film is "cocaine cowboys" that tells that story. the film made by these guys, alfred spellman and billy corbin. >>anthony: so things were in decline. cocaine sort...

Branch in miami had a $5 billion cash surplus. mostly 50s and 100 dollar bills all of which had trace elements of cocaine on them. >> billy: and the guys who were in cocaine trafficking in the 70s and 80s got out and are now big medicare fraudsters. >> alfred: were whispering because theyre probably here. >> anthony: so wheres the money now? hows business in general in miami and where is that business coming from? >> billy: oh remarkably, the rebound from the great recession, the people thought ...

Estimated $7 to $12 billion a year and thats of 1981 money. that is a lot of trickle down. one of the most successful documentaries in the history of film is "cocaine cowboys" that tells that story. the film made by these guys, alfred spellman and billy corbin. >>anthony: so things were in decline. cocaine sort of saved the city? >>alfred: wed say so. am i going to get in trouble for it? yes. >> billy: by 1981, you had a murder rate. 25% of those bodies had automatic weapons bullets. >> anthony:...

City in america. the drug industry brought in an estimated $7 to $12 billion a year and thats of 1981 money. that is a lot of trickle down. one of the most successful documentaries in the history of film is "cocaine cowboys" that tells that story. the film made by these guys, alfred spellman and billy corbin. >>anthony: so things were in decline. cocaine sort of saved the city? >>alfred: wed say so. am i going to get in trouble for it? yes. >> billy: by 1981, you had a murder rate. 25% of those ...

Cash surplus. mostly 50s and 100 dollar bills all of which had trace elements of cocaine on them. >> billy: and the guys who were in cocaine trafficking in the 70s and 80s got out and are now big medicare fraudsters. >> alfred: were whispering because theyre probably here. >> anthony: so wheres the money now? hows business in general in miami and where is that business coming from? >> billy: oh remarkably, the rebound from the great recession, the people thought it would take almost a decade for...

Year and thats of 1981 money. that is a lot of trickle down. one of the most successful documentaries in the history of film is "cocaine cowboys" that tells that story. the film made by these guys, alfred spellman and billy corbin. >> so things were in decline. cocaine sort of saved the city? >> wed say so. am i going to get in trouble for it? >> yes. >> you had a murder rate. 25% of those bodies had automatic weapons bullets. >> right. >> we talk about the uncomfortable reality of where a lot o...

>> alfred: federal reserve branch in miami had a $5 billion cash surplus. mostly 50s and 100 dollar bills all of which had trace elements of cocaine on them. >> billy: and the guys who were in cocaine trafficking in the 70s and 80s got out and are now big medicare fraudsters. >> alfred: were whispering because theyre probably here. ♪ >> anthony: so wheres the money now? hows business in general in miami and where is that business coming from? >> billy: oh remarkably, the rebound from the great...

If it is money looted from another country, do we care? trickle down boys, trickle down. >> billy: it has propped up miami once again with another inflated bubble, and the question is how long will it last? >> anthony: theres history and theres the more immediate needs of the present. i need food presently and perhaps some fine bourbon and when i need good food in a city not my own, more and more these days i call somebody if they werent good at enough things already, has become something of an ...

Called miami the most violent city in america. the drug industry brought in an estimated $7 billion to $12 billion a year and thats of 1981 money. that is a lot of trickle down. one of the most successful documentaries in the history of film is "cocaine cowboys" that tells that story. the film made by these guys, alfred spellman and billy corbin. >> anthony: so things were in decline. cocaine sort of saved the city? >> alfred: wed say so. am i going to get in trouble for it? yes. >> billy: by 19...

Estimated $7 to $12 billion a year and thats of 1981 money. that is a lot of trickle down. one of the most successful documentaries in the history of film is "cocaine cowboys" that tells that story. the film made by these guys, alfred spellman and billy corbin. >>anthony: so things were in decline. cocaine sort of saved the city? >>alfred: wed say so. am i going to get in trouble for it? yes. >> billy: by 1981, you had a murder rate. 25% of those bodies had automatic weapons bullets. >> anthony:...