A Modest Proposal

Swift was trying to propose how to fix the economy in his country. He had different ideas on how to make each family more profitable. For example, he would have his children work and make money for the family. He wanted to stop beggars on the streets, he tried to come up with solutions that would provide them jobs. Swift wrote about how many people were having children, but could not support them. He was concerned about the growing number of people coming closer to poverty in his country. Swift talked about how hard it was to pay rent when people had no money or trade. Then landlords would take personal items from the family to make up for the rent that was not being payed off. He talked about abortions and how inhuman it was for families to be killing their own children.