A 350-pound British woman claims she’s only morbidly obese because the government doesn’t pay her enough money.
Christina Briggs, 26, of Wigan, England, claims she can only eat fattening junk food — because healthy organic Non-GMO food is just too expensive for her pocketbook, according to an interview in The Daily Mail.
Could working out help her lose weight? This notion is also out of the question: gyms are just too pricey, and she doesn’t have proper education on how to exercise herself.
“A personal trainer is too much. I tried swimming but it cost £22 [$36] a month and it meant I had to cut back on my favourite pizza and Chinese takeaways,” she said.
She would jog outside, but “doesn’t have proper footwear or a jogging outfit and I don’t know how to jog.”
“It’s not my fault – healthy food is too expensive,” she added. Briggs stuffs her kids with PopTarts, chocolate fingers, chips, salsa, and Marshmellow Fluff, along with her fast food takeout.
Briggs receives an impressive $36,000 a year from the government.
In addition, she pays absolutely nothing for housing. She lives in public housing with her two children by two different fathers. Including housing, healthcare and miscellaneous reimbursements, Briggs receives a whopping $62,000 a year in total government welfare benefits, far above the median income. Briggs refers to this as ‘limited income.’
But Briggs wants more: “It would be good if the government offered a cash incentive for me to lose weight. Plus I’d like to have another kid and I want to government to pay for that. You can never have enough cute kids.”