What is the proposer’s (we will use the word "proposer" to identify the individual making the claims) attitude toward the beggars he describes in the opening paragraphs?

This question refers to the text A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift.

In this essay, Swift proposes a solution to deal with the problem of poverty in Ireland. He suggest selling Irish children to wealthy Englishmen in order for them to be eaten. This is an example of satire, and Swift did not expect the proposal to be taken seriously.

In this text, the "proposer" takes a particular attitude towards the beggars. However, this attitude is not easy to explain. On the one hand, the proposer complains about the beggars being lazy and opportunist. He suggests that people who struggle economically should take responsibility for their own situation. On the other hand, this attitude is also intended to show how complex poverty can be, and how absurd a simplistic explanation of the problem sounds to people who are struggling with this situation.

the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)

the answer would either be a or d

i hope this