a modest proposal

I have read A Modest Proposal once before in one of my high school English classes. This story really strikes me as an interesting story because as you are reading it, it goes from explaining a crisis that Ireland is having, to his proposal. The first time you read this story, his proposal is not the sort of thing you are expecting. It has a real shock value to it because the way he explains it makes a lot of sense, just doesn't seem sensible.
In Jonathan Swift's proposal he explains a way that he could help the country get out of its economic hardship. He proposes that children at the age of 1 year be sold off for food and leather goods. Though his proposal is sickening to think about, If it were actually put in place and people went along with it, this proposal would help the economic standing among the poor quite a bit.