A UK Couple Receives Over $3K A Month In Government Benefits Claiming They Are ‘Too Fat To Work’ (Video)

Oy vey… Seriously? You weigh so much, you can’t care for yourself, so you have people come in to clean and care for you multiple times a day? The State pays you over $3000 a month and you justify it because you are too fat? I understand being overweight, but that takes entitlement and laziness to a whole new level. You could work for yourselves or do something, anything productive. Then you have the gall to go on television for it? Freaking ridiculous and criminal.

From Opposing Views:

An obese man and his wife, featured in a new show about people who claim disability benefits because of their weight, say neither of them is in any condition to hold a job. For this reason, on top of supporting them, taxpayers also ended up paying for their wedding.

Stephen Beer and Michelle Coombe are set to be featured in an episode of the new U.K. documentary, “Benefits: Too Fat To Work.” Beer and Coombe live in Plymouth, Devon, and, according to the Daily Mail, nearly 60 percent of adults in that area are overweight.

Coombe, who weighs more than 320 pounds, says she’s never had a job in her life, and Beer, tipping the scales at more than 430 pounds, hasn’t worked in five years. Beer reportedly relies on caretakers that come in multiple times per day to clean and dress him, as he is too big to take care of himself.

The couple gets just over $3,000 per month in government benefits.

Many people have criticized the documentary and the people featured on it, but in a recent interview, Beer defended himself, saying that he has been turned down for jobs because of his weight, but ultimately acknowledging that he doesn’t deserve benefits from the government.

“The government are making it easy for people like us,” Beer said frankly. “I don’t think I deserve benefits — I put myself in the situation. I’m trying to sort myself out.”

In the show, producers followed Coombe and Beer as they planned their wedding, which, in total, cost more than $4,500 that came directly from government benefits, which are ultimately covered by the taxpayer.

The Channel Five show features others in similar situations, but Beer and Coombe have received a lot of criticism for the situation they find themselves in.

One also has to assume you are being paid for the television show and you are getting benefits. No wonder the UK is broke. It’s insanity like this that has emptied its coffers and destroyed the country. Being overweight is not a disability. It shows a lack of control and a lack of exercise. In this case, it also screams a lack of responsibility and a level of hubris that is monumental. Now we have the overweight, elite, entitlement class it would seem. He’s heavy and he’s my deadbeat.

Terresa Monroe-Hamilton

Terresa Monroe-Hamilton is an editor and writer for Right Wing News. She owns and blogs at NoisyRoom.net. She is a Constitutional Conservative and NoisyRoom focuses on political and national issues of interest to the American public. Terresa is the editor at Trevor Loudon's site, New Zeal - trevorloudon.com. She also does research at KeyWiki.org. You can email Terresa here. NoisyRoom can be found on Facebook and on Twitter.

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