Question

\a modest proposal\
by jonathan swift
it is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or
travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads and cabbin-
doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or
six children, all in rags, and importuning every passenger for an alms.
these mothers instead of being able to work for their honest livelihood, are
forced to employ all their time in stroling to beg sustenance for their
helpless infants who, as they grow up, either turn thieves for want of work,
or leave their dear native country, to fight for the pretender in spain, or sell
themselves to the barbadoes.
i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in
the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently
of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very
great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair,
cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful
members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as
to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation.
but my intention is very far from being confined to provide only for the
children of professed beggars: it is of a much greater extent, and shall take
in the whole number of infants at a certain age, who are born of parents in
effect as little able to support them, as those who demand our charity in
the streets.
who is swift ridiculing using satire in \a modest proposal\?
individuals who were underprivileged and had
difficulty finding employment
english government officials, who believed selling
children to eat was a good idea
the english government, which seemed to care
little about the irish people
children who were born into poverty and were not
properly fed

Explanation:

In "A Modest Proposal", Swift uses satire to criticize the English government's neglect of the Irish people. The underprivileged individuals and children are the victims of the situation, not the ones being ridiculed. The idea of selling children to eat was Swift's satirical proposal, not a belief of English government officials. So the English government's indifference toward the Irish is what Swift is ridiculing.

Answer:

the English government, which seemed to care little about the Irish people