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To: ransomnote
When the potato famine hit Ireland circa 1850, there was a satire piece written suggesting the same....except IIRC, it was aimed at babies.

I think the title was "A Modest Proposal".

This is from an old memory over 50 years ago.

49 posted on 08/24/2019 5:27:46 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Jonathan Swift. The same guy who wrote “Gulliver’s Travels.”


75 posted on 08/24/2019 5:55:05 PM PDT by IronJack
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