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British Welfare Queen: I’m Fat Because I Don’t Get Enough Taxpayer Money [VIDEO]

Derek Hunter Contributor
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Christina Briggs is 26 years old, has two kids and weighs 350 pounds. And she blames the British welfare system for making her morbidly obese.

Briggs claims the money she receives, £20,000 ($35,500), isn’t enough for her to buy healthy food, so her cabinets are loaded with junk food. “It’s not my fault – healthy food is too expensive,” she said.

Unemployed since becoming pregnant after a one-night-stand, Briggs’ two children are by two different men.

Briggs told Closer magazine she needs more money if she’s going to get healthy, saying it would be best if the government offered her money, £1 per pound ($1.61 US), to lose weight. She claims she can’t get a job because she has to care for her children, one of which has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and kidney issues.

“There’s no way I could get a job,” she says. “I don’t feel bad about the taxpayer funding my life and my child’s medical problems, because I don’t treat myself or buy anything excessive. I just get enough money to live on – the taxpayers should help fund my diet.”

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