If you walk around urban zones in Germany on an average day....you probably will notice a minimum of forty folks....looking for cans/bottles. Finding some....they will supplement their 'lifestyle'.
Average? Super-aggressive types...on a four-hour walk....might collect 40 Euro for a week. Most folks....probably get in the range of ten to fifteen Euro a week.
So the social office will ask about 'extra' income, and if you were truthful....you might find a rule in place....which generally states....anything that amounts to over fifty Euro a month....detracts that amount from your next month's welfare check.
This came up recently in Hamburg, with a 75-year-old German guy admitting in the range of 58.25 Euro for a month. I guess the guy was overly 'honest'.
Couple of years ago....some news group followed a guy and his teenage son....who had a particular route through a soccer stadium area and downtown section.....who had several bags. They had over 200 Euro for the day in collections.
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