LJsilver asks "Whats your solution then big man?My solution is...

LJsilver asks "Whats your solution then big man?

My solution is to legalise people smuggling
and tax it. That will save boat people from
drowning and convert an enforcement cash
outflow into a revenue stream that's used
to pay for one 737 flight a day to bring
100 refugees a day to Australia. (that's
the number arriving now) to vet them
for terror or criminal links and settle
them in Australia plus finance
English language courses so
they can get jobs and be
fully self-supporting.

We accept 200,000 economic migrants per
year now - if refugee numbers rise under
my proposal (beyond the current 30,000
a year) reduce the 200,000 so our
resources won't be streteched.
Stopping boats has priority
over economic migrants.

Prohibiting refugees (like prohibiting
drugs) puts up the price and makes
smuggling more profitable. But
legalising people smuggling
cuts the cost and provides
a revenue stream to the
Government, not to
foreign smugglers.