A Modest Proposal
What does Swift see as the advantages to his proposal?
the modest proposal
the modest proposal
• It would lessen the number of Catholics in the country who the author states are the enemy of the people.
• The poor people would own something valuable, allowing them to pay their rent and pay for their cattle.
• There would be a circulation of money from goods manufactured from within the country.
• The breeder of the children, the beggar woman, wouldn't have to look after the children after the first year.
• Taverns would become places fitter for gentlemen.
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