In crisis families is increasingly difficult to support their children, and the government instead of supporting only reduce payments.
In conditions of economic crisis, families are increasingly difficult to support their children. No matter how cynical it sounds, but children become a burden. It is noteworthy that what is happening in the economy is clearly contrary to the “ideology” of the authorities, who require to live in accordance with “family values” and other spiritual scrapie.
About 45% of families with one child, and 55% with two and more children failed in the last three months with the mandatory expenses. According to the survey by order of the Higher school of Economics, more than half of all families with one child have not mastered the rent, and over one third are unable to buy medicines prescribed by a doctor. Among families with two and more children that are unable to make 71% and 28% respectively.
An analyst “Finam” Timur Nigmatullin believes that the decline in real disposable income people start in the first place, to save on the purchase of manufactured goods and then products. “First of all, the savings is by reducing spending on durable goods — be it cars, furniture, clothes, shoes, electronics, and appliances. All the goods that it is possible to postpone, postponed, or bought goods that were in use. Then start saving for the expense of food. Demand is shifting into a lower price category: people buying the same amount of calories, but at lower prices”, — said Timur Nigmatullin.
To the buildup of financial difficulties in families with children leads to cuts in indexation of social security benefits when prices rise, said a member of the coordinating Council of the movement “In defense of childhood” Sergey Pchelintsev. “I have five children, and I know all this for yourself personally. Social benefits do not grow, revenues have fallen, and even started to delay salary. At this time, rates and utility bills are rising constantly. Accordingly, when faced with a choice — to pay the rent or feed the children, ” people buy products to children. Because start to accumulate debts for electricity, communal,” said the activist, noting that the most severe impact on the family budget falls on the period when it is necessary to prepare children for the new school year.
Poverty in Russia grows at the expense of families with children, according to the expert of Fund of support of children in difficult situations” Alexander Gezalov. Most of all suffer from large and needy families. “Late payment of wages under the sharp jump in the cost of consumer basket has led to the fact that the affected families where many children. Basket is wide enough, and not enough resources to it”, — stated the expert.
Gezalov noted that now people are not able to buy what previously could not afford. “In addition to large families, suffer single mothers, families where there are children with various diseases, and drugs, too, has risen, and families, the care of whom are elderly. The prices of all space, the family begins to save, but it comes at the expense of children’s health, comfort and quality of family life,” — said social activist.
Alexander Gezalov sure that the state should increase subsidies and subsidies to families. “The families themselves are unable to readjust to the new economic trend “no money, stay there.” As a single mother will be able to increase his salary? Because it needs to improve their skills, change jobs, etc. and a lot of people have lost their jobs in the crisis. So we need a new, reasonable policy of the government to solve”, — the expert believes.
In the meantime, the bodies of social protection only reduce the aid to families with children, said the Chairman of the Volgograd public organization “parents” Elena samoshina. As stated by the social worker, this leads to an increase of poverty and even cases of suicide in poor families.
“Social institutions, which must be the backbone of families, by and large, doing just that are driving families with children into debt. For example, in the Volgograd region did, in fact, unconstitutional social code. If early benefits were given to all those who needed them, but now the benefits stipulated many conditions and obstacles”, — said Elena samoshina.
The obshchestvennitsa in the most disadvantaged families with children. “We only say that a large family should be a priority, but in reality they live in conditions below the poverty line. If benefits in the three hundred rubles, which are paid for, a family lives and thrives, barely making ends meet. In large families, as a rule, there is only one father, as the mother is busy raising children. And one breadwinner unable to feed a large family,” stated samoshina.
The social worker stressed that the difficulties experienced and the small family. “The same thing happens in families where one child. If the family cannot cope with credit obligations, it begin to pursue the police officers together with collectors. No wonder your parents are hung up sometimes. Recently in the Volgograd region was one such case where the father calculated: he simply committed suicide, leaving two children. According to estimates, this is the ninth such case in the Volgograd region this year,” said Elena samoshina.
Obviously, government officials and financiers will continue to cut social assistance to the poor, while the society will agree to tolerate it. If the public will not unite against these “economic measures”, then the country can expect only childlessness, depopulation and extinction: from the “burden” people get for their own survival.
