A Modest Proposal and Other Satires

According to swift, what does he personally have to gain if this proposal is adopted?

According to swift, what does he personally have to gain if this proposal is adopted?

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Swift concludes "A Modest Proposal" by saying first that he would welcome any other suggestions anyone may have on this question, then assuring the reader that he has no personal economic stake in this idea because he has no children and therefore could not profit by selling them to be eaten.

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