vietnamese surge of asylum seekers, page-46

Re: "Australia's story is just beginning.
Let's not louse it up. Think Big.":

I would foresee two classes of refugees:

(1) Well-off refugees who pay smugglers
between $20,000 and $28,000 (figures
from the ABC's 'Big Ideas' program):

They would pay an Entry Tax (of $10,000)
to undercut and put the smugglers out
of business. They'd pay for a plane seat
to eliminate leaky boat drownings and
have enough cash left over to pay rent.

(2 Huddled masses of poor refugees:

No entry tax - but a Refugee Levy
of 1.5% on taxable Aussie incomes
would pay for their airfares and
resettlement, English courses,
and job-finding training.

To save billions, close the vile Prison Camps
and make seeking asylum legal. The Navy
would look for Arms and Drug smugglers.
But the refugees would by flying overhead
to freedom and a new life in Australia.

It can be done if we Think Big.
As my old mother used to say:

"Where there's a will there's a way."