A Modest Proposal and Other Satires

Swift's has no personal stake in the proposal. Why?

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In Swift's conclusion, he states 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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