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posted by martyb on Friday November 09 2018, @05:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the does-the-pensioner-want-to-repay-his-benefits-and-go-back-to-work,-too? dept.

Washington Post:

In the quixotic battle against old age, some people use skin care and spin class.

That’s not enough for Emile Ratelband, a 69-year-old who feels like he’s in his 40s. The Dutch pensioner is asking a court in his hometown of Arnhem, southeast of Amsterdam, to change his birth certificate so that it says he took his first breath on March 11, 1969, rather than on March 11, 1949. The judges heard his case Monday and promised they would render a verdict in the next several weeks.

Ratelband sees his request as no different from a petition to change his name or the gender he was assigned at birth — and isn’t bothered that this comparison might offend transgender people, whose medical needs have been recognized by the American Medical Association. It comes down to free will, he maintains.

I want to be recognized as an alien trapped in an Earthling's body.


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  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Friday November 09 2018, @04:32PM

    by Immerman (3985) on Friday November 09 2018, @04:32PM (#759917)

    It probably varies, but my state educational board retirement plan required N years minimum of work (for the state education system) , and then vests fully when X years worked + age reaches a certain number.

    The U.S. Social Security similarly has age-based considerations - the baseline amount you can collect is based on income and years worked, but you can retire before the approved retirement age in exchange for further reduced benefits, or later to get increased benefits.

    Basically like any insurance program it's a gambling game - you want to balance the total amount you've paid in to the retirement fund against the total expected amount withdrawn before you die. The expected duration of the period between retirement and death is an important factor in that balance.

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