Question

The only objection Swift sees to his proposal is that it would _____.

Answer 1

D  Decrease the population of Ireland.   From A Modest Proposal   "I can think of no one objection, that will possibly be raised against this proposal, unless it should be urged, that the number of people will be thereby much lessened in the kingdom."

Answer 2

The only objection Swift sees to his proposal is that it would DECREASE THE POPULATION OF IRELAND.

The full title of Jonathan Swift's "A modest proposal" is ""A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Publick."

He proposed that the undernourished children of Ireland be fed well and make them fat so that they will be offered and fed to rich land owners. This is how he sees them to become a benefit to the public.