The Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers landed at Venezuela's Libertador military airfield and "will spend several days carrying out training flights over neutral waters, after which they will return to the base, " the ministry added.
Because the initial distillation takes it to a very high proof, in excess of 90% pure alcohol, the base ingredient hardly matters because the taste is lost as it converted to practically neutral alcohol.
The significantly higher tax base that would result under lower capital income taxes means that such a reform would be deficit-neutral, provided that either transfer payments were reduced by less than 2% of GDP or a national consumption tax of less than 3% were adopted.