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Swift does offer more realistic solutions to the problems in Ireland. Find the place in the text where he does this and highlight three of the possible solutions he offers. Why do you think Swift puts in these realistic solutions

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Answer and Explanation:

Swift offers a catalogue of the various realistic remedies to the problems in Ireland. Here is some possible solution to the problem which he has highlighted:

1. Absentee landlords in Irish were a highly significant issue. So taxing absentee landowners was also a possible solution to the problem.

2. He also offered people to buy only domestically-manufactured goods, and rejecting "foreign luxury".

3. The morality of Irish women and instilling "Parsimony, Prudence, and Temperance" in the people and a healthy patriotism.

4. Abandoning factionalism and refusing "to sell our Country and Consciences for nothing,"

5. He also suggested encouraging landlords to treat their tenants properly. Moreover, he also suggested enforcing ethical practice among merchants.

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