Hello there.

Here in Norway they rather increase the soscial benefites every year. But
the amount you get varies a lot from person to person. Wherther you have
worked before, if you have extra expences, if you have children and so on.
For example. I have to children and get some money for extra expences. Per
monnt i get approximately 14.500,- Norwegian krome after tax, (appr.
£1450,-. And I also get 3000 Norwegian krone (£300) in child benefits per
month, so its not too bad over here. Feel very sorry for you guys over in
Germany.

Greetings from Ingebjørg in Norway.

>From: Markus Georg <m.georg@...>
>Reply-To: retinayouth@...
>To: "'retinayouth@...'" <retinayouth@...>
>Subject: [retinayouth] social security is going down (all over Europe?!?)
>Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 19:21:02 +0200
>
>Dear Friends,
>Due to the bad economical situation government is interested in saving
>money.
>They use every opportunity to cut social security benefits.
>I guess this situation is the same all over Europe.
>
>At the moment they are trying to cut benefit for blind and disabled people.
>This is very unpleasant because this people are often not strong enough to
>fight for their rights.
>Furthermore they are requested to get this money to cover the costs which
>are higher than for sighted people.
>
>Only in six of sixteen counties in Germany the government is paying the
>benefit for blind as per the federal law of social security (§ 67 BSHG).
>
>For example:
>In Bavaria (southern Germany) following monthly payments are provided for
>blind people
>585,-- Euro for adults (blind)
>585,-- Euro for youngsters (blind) under 18 years
>
>In Brandenburg (eastern Germany, close to Berlin) following monthly
>payments are provided for blind people
>268 Euro for adults (blind)
>134 Euro for youngsters (blind) under 18 years
>
>Now they are starting to cut this money in each county.
>
>Do you have the same situation in your country ?
>Please let me know if they are also cutting social security benefit for
>blind and disabled people.
>How much your government is paying for blinds ?.
>
>Thanks for your comments.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Markus
>
>MAIL TO: markus.georg@...
>or mail to: rey@...
>
>

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