The Selling Children In Ireland's Financial Crisis

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What shall Ireland do during such a crisis in their economy? Everyone isn’t rich nor can they become rich overnight. Well this rich man wants to help Ireland as it faces poverty. Women are having children faster than they can feed them. This rich man believes he has the solution to the Irelands financial crisis. He thinks that Cannibalism is a way of bringing a circulation of money within the country. It will cause a continuation of money within the country for goods and food. The selling children in the meat market would give many advantages such as, lessening the number of Catholics, put money in the pockets of the poor, but a new dish on the table of the rich and women wouldn’t have to care for their children after one year of age. A rich …show more content…
Selling of children would lessen the number of catholic Ireland would have to destroy the country. Yes, many children in Ireland are catholic but just like the rich children don’t get to choose if they are rich it is not the fault of the children they are raised as such. The people of Ireland should all receive equal opportunity to live and achieve something great in life. A child may not grow up to be a thief, but of a person who make a living selling produce. You can 't predict what a child would be based on the life of their …show more content…
This rich man don’t even live in poverty to understand the struggle of those who have to beg or have not place to live. How can someone who has never had to worry about feeding his well-nourished children help someone who has to beg for every meal? I think that the people of Ireland should live freely and happily. Money doesn’t buy happiness and sometimes the poor families are happy because they have each other. Money is the route to all evil and can cause more conflict the relief. Begging or not a mother shouldn’t have to give up her child to receive money to survive. She will never really see the money anyway the money would just go back to the rich for rent, so the mother would still have to beg for food. If she is as good to work in the work place because she has money she still have the same talents with no money, so she should be able to receive the same ability to work. The poor could be helpful in the country if they are taught trades or talents to use in exchange for food and goods. Eating children is going to lessen the number of people so then there wouldn’t be enough people to repopulate Ireland. If the rich want to remain rich, let them. If the poor want to remain poor let them it is no one’s problem what the next family choose to do to make ends meet within their own

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