Posted on 02/22/2022 10:56:11 AM PST by nickcarraway
A MAN ‘becomes’ a woman to cleverly exploit a pension loophole in Lucerne, Switzerland and retire one year earlier and receive even more lavish benefits – and all it takes is 75 francs (€72).
Thanks to a new law introduced on January 1, Swiss citizens – with the “intimate conviction” that they do not belong to the sex – are allowed to change their sex, in addition to their first name, on paper without needing to provide any documentation from a doctor or physician.
And that is what one Swiss man has done and is now set to receive better benefits than he would have received had he remained a male on paper.
The Swiss man lives in Lucerne, which allows women to retire a full year earlier – at 64 vs. 65 for men – and receive more generous benefits, exploited the pension loophole that differs by sex in certain Swiss states.
The individual in question lives in the Alpine canton of Lucerne, where pensions are high – ranging from around €13,300 to €24,000 annually, depending on factors like age and gender.
The sex change only occurred on paper, with the claimant later confirming to family and friends that it was done only to speed up the retirement, according to Luzerner Zeitung.
The newspaper said that while there are regulations supposedly in place to prevent individuals from making “manifestly abusive” applications, in reality, there is “no obligation” on the part of the public to “verify the intimate conviction of the persons concerned” and the sincerity of the applicant is presumed in accordance with the principle of good faith.
The policy has raised further questions about how individuals could abuse the system in the future, with many querying whether the loophole can be used to avoid national service summons, among other things.
One social media user suggested there was nothing stopping a male from applying for a gender change at the age of 17 to avoid military service. “At 30, you go back and change your name to man and that’s it.” All for the cost of 150 Swiss francs (€144).
I don’t have that much of a problem with this little rinkydink maneuver.
Good, more and faster please. let them stew in their own corruption.
I sure wish I could have identified as a woman decades ago when my ex-wife and I got a divorce. LOL
And even at the age of 60+ he can compete in some women's Olympic sports. :-P
https://mathbabe.org/2012/03/11/why-larry-summers-lost-the-presidency-of-harvard/
“We’re gonna see a lot more of this coming.”
There was a man in Germany who sued to legally change his age so he could get more dates online. I read about the suit, but it wasn’t decided at that time. I’ve wondered how it worked out. And, if he was able to make himself legally younger, can a person not make themselves legally old enough to retire? Each of those outcome’s issues reasonably forth from being legally able to change your sex.
My mother, an infinite fount of wisdom, said, “People can lie to others. But when they lie to themselves it changes their entire sense of what’s real. We’re reaching a surreal point where nothing is real anymore.
Read about a guy in Canada who just had his doctor write a note for him to the effect that he’s now a female - he didn’t even take pills or anything. His car insurance was reduced to about half of what it had been before.
I HOPE we see a lot more of this.
To think that one is something he’s not has become quite common. Some go so far as to believe that they are God himself.
No, surely all those who identify are transgender are sincere and will attempt suicide if we question their motives!!!!
Women live longer so they should have to work longer, not the reverse.
Bet she’s a lesbian.
You hope the left is successful at ripping up society?
I’ve always said that I’m a lesbian trapped in a man’s body.
I’m wondering why a woman gets more generous pension benefits when she is likely to live longer. From the actuarial/financial point of view, this makes no sense. Of course, these days, nothing makes sense.
So am I. A lesbian trapped in a man’s body.
stew in their own corruption.…
“But, but, but, but that’s not how it’s supposed to work….” Goes right to the Law of Unintended Consequences. Never see it coming, never learn from mistakes.
Once you change your designation, your auto insurance rates go down!
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