only 194.99 for 3 months. OH holland :)
Germany is giving 150 euro to every child every month so in total 450 euro for 3 months.

By kwabena | July 2, 2009 12:39 PM

now living in holland becomes a disaster. I made a wrong choice coming to holland. This is a country that worships only one idol- money

By fars | July 2, 2009 10:15 PM

No child bennifit for families with 3 or more children. They are causing their part in the worlds overpopulation. No longer does the farmer "need" 8 children to help, so why do most couples nit see the simple math. 1+1=2

By Independent Observer | July 3, 2009 12:00 PM

@Independent Observer: with many apologies..but this is the most stupid comment i ve ever read. Overpopulation is not a problem in the western societies but rather in the so called developping world.In the "west" we need children because 1) population is getting old and the system will collapse (pensions etc) 2) here in the west we can offer (more or less) our children quality standards for a descent life. 3) education should be headed for under developped countries where because of religion, lack of sex education and many many other things they starve and still they have 4-5 or more children.

By kos | July 3, 2009 2:42 PM

As an American, I find the child benefit a bit strange at the outset. Why should a wealthy Wassenaar family get tax money distributed to them from taxes paid by much poorer people? Seems very regressive to me. If someone is poor and starving, OK, they deserve a welfare benefit, but not the leisure class. Why not abolish the benefit and lower taxes on the poorer people? Does that seem simplier? and you would not need to pay the salaries of people to then administer the re-distribution which takes money out of the funds available for the benefit itself!

But my second thought is that if you do decide to award a benefit, how can you justify not keeping it indexed to inflation? That is the equivalent to cutting it! Child costs are not being cut so why the benefit? And if the benefit is being reduced, then should not taxes be also reduced, especially on the poorer people who see their benefit cut?

By Matt | July 3, 2009 4:39 PM

I agree with Matt

By Laura K. | July 4, 2009 9:42 AM

@Independent Observer, you are correct, the world has too many people. To reply to "KOS" you are spouting a system of continous growth, IE overpopulation. No one want to accept they are at fault. No one wants to be the one to say it but I will, one couple can have one child. As the population goes down, so too will the demand from our planet. "Western societies" are the ones consuming and wasting more than developing nations. All they want it what you have and why shouldn't they have it? They are just as bound to the bounty of the planet as those who have nuclear weapons and cluster bombs. Capitalism is based on growth and fails when times get rough, as in today. With people living far longer and the population growing the human numbers will skyrocket. Do not let your pension ruin our world.

By Paul Martin | July 4, 2009 12:52 PM

Why give money to people who may not need it - this benefit should be means tested and only given to people on low incomes. Its crazy to give money to people earning very good wages. They do not need it whilst others do!

By Elaine Lowe | July 5, 2009 12:37 AM