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Swiss Man Legally Declares Himself A Woman To Retire With Pension 1 Year Early
Mixed Times ^ | Jan 31 2022 | staff

Posted on 02/01/2022 6:10:26 AM PST by texas booster

75 Swiss francs is all that it cost for one savvy Swiss individual to exploit a loophole in Swiss retirement regulations to retire one year earlier and receive even more lavish benefits than he would have received had he remained a male on paper.

Thanks to a new law, Swiss citizens are allowed to change their sex on paper without needing to provide any documentation from a doctor or physician. All it takes is 75 francs and a desire to be referred to as a man or a woman.

Well, as it happens, retirement benefits in certain Swiss states differ by sex. In the wealthy Alpine canton of Lucerne, women are allowed to retire a full year earlier - at 64 vs. 65 for men - and women receive more generous benefits.

Switzerland's local paper Luzerner Zeitung shared the story with the world, and it quickly went viral.

The individual in question lives in Lucerne, where pensions are really high: they can range from around $15,000 to $27,000 annually, depending on factors like age and gender.

There haven't been any other reports of men in Lucerne also changing their sex so they can retire a year early. After all, when they turn 66, they can simply change it back if they want (or keep it and continue to enjoy higher payouts).

In response to the report of the sex-change retirement scam, the local media in Switzerland have dreamed up other ways in which men can exploit the system by legally changing their sex on paper.

But we're sure they're all just being transphobic and that nobody exploits gender assignment for personal gain. Only somebody a J.K. Rowling-level bigot would say something like that.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: switzerland
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So about $80 is all it took to increase his (her) retirement.

Saw on another blog that 19 countries have laws allowing women to retire early ...

Well, if our testosterone level keeps dropping, as a nation, old timers might have another tool in the shed besides getting divorced, to avoid the Medicare 5 year rule.

1 posted on 02/01/2022 6:10:26 AM PST by texas booster
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To: texas booster

Why do women get to retire earlier when men die younger?


2 posted on 02/01/2022 6:11:17 AM PST by EEGator
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To: texas booster

I identify as a woman who is a lesbian. I dress like a man and use male pronouns

So i say, “you go girl!!”


3 posted on 02/01/2022 6:13:56 AM PST by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: texas booster

“Well, if our testosterone level keeps dropping, as a nation, old timers might have another tool in the shed ... “

Sounds like one less tool.

I think this story is awesome. One of the best ways to beat these woke governments is to use their own system to gut punch them.


4 posted on 02/01/2022 6:14:21 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: EEGator
Why do women get to retire earlier when men die younger?

They keep telling us that women can do anything a man can do. Except when they can't.

5 posted on 02/01/2022 6:15:14 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: EEGator

Male privilege, of course.


6 posted on 02/01/2022 6:16:32 AM PST by ferret_airlift
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To: texas booster

Every man in Switzerland should be doing this. It’s time for civil disobedience against these insane leftists that have brought Western Civilization to its knees.


7 posted on 02/01/2022 6:18:07 AM PST by imabadboy99
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To: EEGator

It comes from a time and age where men were gallant toward their ladyfolk, and actually cared about them.

Not so sure that it still exists in the seats of government.

Thankfully it DOES still exist out in flyover country.

I wonder when Switzerland started the retirement rule and what arguments led to it.

Switzerland has been one of the wealthiest countries in the world and can afford some different rules, if they so choose.


8 posted on 02/01/2022 6:20:57 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: joshua c

The dream of every male lesbian ...


9 posted on 02/01/2022 6:21:50 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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> I think this story is awesome. <

Me too. The article refers to what the guy did as a “scam”. But it’s no scam. The guy (now a gal) was simply following the rules as written.


10 posted on 02/01/2022 6:25:21 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Do this here. Think about insurance. Women generally receive better rates than men. Declare yourself a 26 yr old female. Dare them to deny you.

At the same time declare your the appropriate age for your pension or ss.

Make the gubmint or your company deny you.

Call them on their wokeness. Until it costs companies or gubmint money this stupidity will continue.

11 posted on 02/01/2022 6:26:53 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: texas booster

Invest $80 get back about $20,000 and have a full year to do nothing but enjoy it. What a return that is!


12 posted on 02/01/2022 6:30:58 AM PST by Starboard
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"Every man in Switzerland should be doing this. It’s time for civil disobedience against these insane leftists that have brought Western Civilization to its knees."

No!

It's time for every man in Switzerland to mock, ridicule, vote out, and/or demand prosecution of every elected or appointed government official or judge who was involved in allowing this perverted wokeism to occur.

13 posted on 02/01/2022 6:31:49 AM PST by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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"Why do women get to retire earlier when men die younger?"

So the women can have the extra time they need to learn how to back a car when picking up the grandkids. LOL

14 posted on 02/01/2022 6:36:40 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: texas booster

Easy to correct.

A simple Crocodile Dundee equipment check.

If you want the check, chop chop.

Crocodile Dundee -”Just making sure”. 50 second video.

https://youtu.be/WHTPLpY8mBI


15 posted on 02/01/2022 6:36:43 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: EEGator
Why do women get to retire earlier when men die younger?

Because women voters matter more to politicians who make the laws.

16 posted on 02/01/2022 6:37:24 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: texas booster

Does he now have to get a yearly Pap smear and breast cancer exam?


17 posted on 02/01/2022 6:38:20 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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“… women are allowed to retire a full year earlier - at 64 vs. 65 for men - and women receive more generous benefits.”

What happened to “we just want to be equal”? It appears they skipped over that part and went straight to “we want to be superior.”

Kind of like homos. They went from “just leave us alone in our bedrooms” to “you must enjoy us ramming this down your throat 24x7” and “we are coming for your kids.”

And many blacks went from “equality” right to “black and brown superiority.”


18 posted on 02/01/2022 6:42:06 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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To: Carl Vehse

And how will this be accomplished when we don’t know who will be counting the votes, or HOW they will be counted?

The left does not play by any set of rules. It is time we realized this.


19 posted on 02/01/2022 6:42:19 AM PST by imabadboy99
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20 posted on 02/01/2022 6:42:35 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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