SJWs OPEN NEXT CIVIL RIGHTS FRONTIER: FOOD STAMPS FOR PETS

It could have been so much worse. They could have started pushing for paedophile rights or the legalisation of polyamorous marriages, but instead it seems that SJWs have decided that the next "big frontier" in civil rights campaigning is to be food stamps for pets!

Over 100,000 people have now signed an online petition asking the US Department of Agriculture, which runs the nation's Food Stamps program, to revise its rules to allow recipients to use their stamps to purchase pet food.

As reported by Fortune magazine: 

The petition was started by someone who says they have been receiving food stamps for “a few months” but is unable to feed their pet.

“Some argue that people should not keep pets if they cannot afford them, but the fact is that an individual or family’s financial status can change at any time,” the petition reads. “Should someone be forced to give up a pet they’ve had for years just because they hit a financial rough patch? Or should they be able to utilize federal aid to continue feeding their pet?…Being poor is hard enough without being expected to give up your companion. For most people, pets are considered family, not property.”

If successful, this would open the door for a massive increase in spending on food stamps, which in the year from October 2016 to October 2017 soared by a massive 5.1%.

Luckily such petitions have little official impact on actual US legislation, which is just as well, as America's public finances are already in a mess, with the federal government on track to borrow an incredible $1 trillion this fiscal year. 

If this kind of overspend continues, Americans, far from being able to feed their pets on the public purse, will probably be forced into eating them at some point in the future.