More than a Million low-income families have virtually nothing in of the children money, because this service according to the valid legal situation in full reduces entitlement to basic social security as well as social money. Last year alone, 1.06 million Hartz-IV have been paid in-demand communities by a total of 4.7 billion euros less, as the “Saarbrücker Zeitung” reported.
Since the beginning of statistical recording in the year 2007 have summed up this amount to almost 59 billion euros, said the Federal Ministry of social Affairs to a current request from the Left in the Bundestag. 2019 that were charged, therefore, in the case of each affected community of need on average 368 Euro kids money with Hartz IV and the social money.
Hartz IV: “the poorest of The poor families at the children’s money is empty”
“it is the poorest of all families when the child is empty, even though you need it urgently, because the children rule sets in the case of Hartz IV are artificially calculated to be small and much too low measure,” criticized the social expert of the Left, Sabine Zimmermann.
In the Wake of the Corona pandemic was waived, the Federal government, however, from the current offsetting principle. The once granted to children will be paid a bonus of 300 euros, to Hartz-IV-families without reducing their state support. Conversely, the child bonus will be credited to the children’s tax amount for wealthy families. “It is high time that the Federal government, this principle applies also to the regular children’s services,” said Zimmermann.
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not coordinated with social security benefits of successive
The social policy spokesman of the FDP group in the Bundestag, Pascal Kober, also criticised that the existing non-social-tuned services to each other. “This leads the Affected to a great displeasure,” said Kober of the Catholic news Agency (KNA) in Berlin. “It would be better if there would be, depending on personal income and demand situation smooth Transitions in the social services. This hard crash of the edges could be prevented.” Everything you know about your pension
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DGB calls for children’s basic protection
The German trade Union Federation (DGB) is calling for the introduction of a demand-oriented children’s basic security. To children of low-income earners better future should be made possible opportunities, according to a concept, which has the Newspapers of the Funke media group (Wednesday).
Therefore, such a key issue, and is intended to replace the previous children’s allowance, tax-free amounts, surcharges, and Hartz-IV-services to children through a total payment, which is significantly higher than today’s children’s money.
could the children basic security to look
The children’s basic security should be reported to be made up of two Parts. A base amount of 240 euros per child to get all households with children. Another additional amount to teach in accordance with the income of the parents and the age of the children . Also, full-year in initial training or those who are unemployed, to up to 25. The age of the base amount received.
in the face of billions of heavier backstops in the Corona-crisis it was at the cost of a child’s basic security to a comparatively small sum, said the DGB-Chair Anja Piel. “The costs for children’s basic protection compared to the current regime would amount to 12.5 billion euros a year,” said the trade unionist. “In our country, every fifth child lives in poverty and this has not changed for years, Essentially nothing. This is a scandal.”
Also for the protection of children the Federal government, the Greens, the SPD and the Left, the introduction of an independent and non-bureaucratic children require basic security in the various family benefits are combined.
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