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Parent couple in Pirmasens collects 8,400 euros - a scandal of social assistance!
In Pirmasens, young parents received illegal social benefits. Experts discuss the consequences and necessary reforms.
Parent couple in Pirmasens collects 8,400 euros - a scandal of social assistance!
In the past few months, a case of Pirmasens has caused plenty of discussions. A young pair of parents, Mike (25) and Angelique (20), received double social benefits for months-a practice that is not only legally questionable, but also heavily burdened the public perception of the civil allowance system. According to [merkur.de] (https://www.merkur.de/ consumer/monatlich-geld-keine-buergergeld-paar-kassier-400-EU-state-state-state-zr-939770326.html), the couple was also prohibited in the social code. Ultimately, their monthly payments totaled 3,400 euros, which led to an illegal total amount of 8,400 euros.
The couple's income consisted of:
- Arbeitslosengeld: 1.288,20 Euro
- Bürgergeld: 1.600 Euro
- Kinderzuschlag: 250 Euro
- Kindergeld: 250 Euro
Angelique himself said that they would not take advantage of the money and spend up to 200 euros a day. This will probably be a thing of the past, because with the correction of the payments, only around 500 euros will remain to you. In addition, an additional cost settlement is pose for over 2,475 euros, while the rent is increased by 200 euros. Angelique bluntly stated that she was not planning to pay the debts.
Political pressure and legal challenges
The case not only shows the challenges and abuse that can occur in the civil allowance system, but also illuminates the negative effects on the reputation of social services. Tübingen's Mayor Boris Palmer made it clear that extreme socio-political undesirable developments, as they become visible, are discredited by the entire civil allowance system. This also applies to the example of a family of seven, which between November 2022 and October 2023 received between 5,637 and 7,471 euros, of which the lion's share was spent on housing costs.
But there are also bright spots. A new court ruling is now strengthening the rights of citizen benefit recipients by obliging the offices to strict requirements. According to [buerger-geld.org] (https://www.buerger-geld.org/news/buergergeld/buergergeld-revon-was-lebenger-ueber-wohnkosten-kuerzungen- und-new-amts- Knowledge-muessen/), job centers now have to be repeated much careful procedure: a cost reduction process must be repeated according to a certain period of time become when the circumstances have changed. This applies in particular to cases in which rental costs for recipients are inappropriately high.
View of the legal basis
The citizens' benefit has been replacing unemployment benefit II since January 2023, also known as Hartz IV. It is aimed at employable people who, despite great efforts, do not find a job or whose income is not sufficient to ensure a living. The [Federal Government] (https://www.bundes- government.de/breg-de/aktuelles/sozialhilfe-und-buergergeld-2253064) emphasizes that children and adolescents as well as other groups in need should enjoy special protection. Social benefits should guarantee a decentive minimum and ensure participation in social life.
In Germany, many people can be in need through no fault of their own, be it due to loss of job, health restrictions or other predicament. Citizens' money should therefore cover people who urgently need help, and yet examples show such as that of the young family in Pirmasens that not everything runs smoothly in the German welfare state. The pressure on politics is growing to tackle the necessary reforms and to ensure a fairer distribution of funds.