Answer: The proposal claims the elite savouring poor children. This will decrease their population and the parents do not require to maintain them.
Explanation: Jonathan Swift, through his essay, Modest Proposal uses elements of sarcasm and irony to effectively support his claim. He argues that poor children make a 'reasonable dish' and the elite should feast on them. To support this claim, he provides the following evidence
- It will decrease the number of Papists, who are the most 'dangerous enemies' according to the author.
- The parents of these children will no longer carry the burden of maintaining them as they can get rid of them after the first year