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Jonathan Swift said his proposal will prevent poor children, the sons and daughters of poor people, from being a heavy burden to their parents. He also thought that these children could be of some benefit to the country. The author considered in the book that the streets of Dublin, Ireland, are full of beggars, of poor people with small children asking for money.
We are talking about the book "A Modest Proposal," written by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift (1866-1745) was a prominent Irish writer, famous for their satirist works. He was the author of renown works such as "Gulliver Travels" of 1726 and "A Tale of Tube" of 1704.