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Rep. Michele Bachmann is now officially a Swiss miss.
Bachmann (R-Minn.) recently became a citizen of Switzerland, making her eligible to run for office in the tiny European nation, according to [URL="http://www.tagesschau.sf.tv/Nachrichten/Archiv/2012/05/08/International/Tea-Party-Frontfrau-Michele-Bachmann-ist-Schweizerin?WT.zugang=ts_top"]a Swiss TV report Tuesday[/URL].
Arthur Honegger, a reporter for public broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen, told POLITICO the Swiss consulate in Chicago has confirmed that the former Republican presidential candidate became a citizen March 19.
The Swiss consulate in Chicago covers the state of Minnesota, which Bachmann represents.
Marcus Bachmann, the congresswoman’s husband since 1978, reportedly was eligible for Swiss citizenship due to his parents’ nationality — but only registered it with the Swiss government Feb. 15. Once the process was finalized on March 19, Michele automatically became a citizen as well, according to Honegger.
Bachmann’s three youngest children are also now Swiss citizens, and her two older children are eligible to apply for a fast-track citizenship process, according to an email from the consulate provided and translated by Honegger.
Bachmann’s office confirmed that the congresswoman had received Swiss citizenship, and attributed the decision to her children.
“Congresswoman Bachmann’s husband is of Swiss descent, so she has been eligible for dual-citizenship since they got married in 1978. However, recently some of their children wanted to exercise their eligibility for dual-citizenship so they went through the process as a family,” said Bachmann spokesperson Becky Rogness.
The Minnesota congresswoman was [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zdNnhQVTJY&feature=youtu.be"]interviewed by Swiss national public television[/URL] in D.C. on Tuesday while with a group of Swiss parliamentarians.
“My husband is a 100 percent Swiss, and his parents were raised in Switzerland, they were married there, they came to the United States, they bought a farm in Wisconsin and raised their three sons there,” said Bachmann.
Asked if she would run for office in Switzerland — as she is now eligible to do — Bachmann joked that the competition “would be very stiff because they are very good,” referring to the parliamentarians behind her.
Each Swiss citizen belongs specifically to a canton, and Bachmann’s is the canton of Thurgau in Northeast Switzerland.
“It’s tough to find a place not to like in Switzerland,” said Bachmann.
The Minnesota congresswoman ran for president this election cycle, and won the Ames straw poll last year, but a [URL="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71078.html"]sixth-place showing in the Iowa caucuses[/URL] led to her dropping out.
Bachmann’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Swiss consulate in Chicago was closed when contacted by POLITICO.
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[url]http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76072.html[/url]
Swiss source: [url]http://www.tagesschau.sf.tv/Nachrichten/Archiv/2012/05/08/International/Tea-Party-Frontfrau-Michele-Bachmann-ist-Schweizerin?WT.zugang=front_top4[/url]
[video=youtube;3zdNnhQVTJY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zdNnhQVTJY[/video]
NO MICHELLE, I like my country, you get out!
No, guys, keep her on your continent!
Or we will send more gypsies and Ukrainians at you!
Oh no don't you dare contaminate my clocks, army knives and cheese with your insanity.
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Shit too late, my watch is saying "No Gays o'clock"
[QUOTE=mac338;35885558]Oh no don't you dare contaminate my clocks, army knives and cheese with your insanity.
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Shit too late, my watch is saying "No Gays o'clock"[/QUOTE]
And my cheese turned heterosexual.
I liked it gay :[
Lucky bitch.
Oh god damnit. That's just what Europe needs.
While in Europe she should run for parliamentary elections in Greece. Extremist parties are doing quite well there I hear.
Lol, how is she Swiss in any way
With political views like that
Really?
[QUOTE=JgcxCub;35885695]Lol, how is she Swiss in any way
With political views like that
Really?[/QUOTE]Her husband had Swiss parents, so he applied for dual citizenship. Because he got it, it automatically applied to her, and their kids.
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I'm hoping maybe she'll run for a position in the Swiss government, then you guys can tear her ideas apart and maybe make her never get involved in politics again.
Swiss are pretty fucking cool.
[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;35885726]Her husband had Swiss parents, so he applied for dual citizenship. Because he got it, it automatically applied to her, and their kids.
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I'm hoping maybe she'll run for a position in the Swiss government, then you guys can tear her ideas apart and maybe make her never get involved in politics again.[/QUOTE]
She'd neverr make it. I think she doesn't even speek one of our languages.
A case of tax reduction.
Now not being an American everything I did below is just through a quick bit of research.
Now from the fact that she is Minnesota's representative, I assumed she lived there in the US, and since it was the largest city I assumed that she lived in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul conurbation. Also the canton, which is the administrative area of Switzerland which she is a citizen of.
Now for her income I couldn't find a figure so I used the amount she receives in Subsidies from the Federal Government and halved it, as it's conceivable that profit from the farm is less than the subsidies. Leaving her with a lump sum of $250,000.
Now using a tax calculator on that amount we see that she takes home the princely sum of just over $140,000. That counts federal tax, state tax and city tax. Also with a $20,000 deduction for VAT or whatever you call a consumption tax, considering that materials for farms are very expensive.
Now a good example of this would be when Lewis Hamilton moved from the UK to Switzerland, now as long as he did not spend more than 6 months here in the UK he would not pay tax, estimated at £4 million a year.
Now for Switzerland her income would be the Equivalent of 240,000 CHF (Swiss francs) and she would be taxed 36,000 CHF, leaving her with 204,000 CHF which is $220000, so she would effectively be taxed only $30,000 compared with $90,000.
[QUOTE=Florence;35885767]Swiss are pretty fucking cool.[/QUOTE]
thanks <3
[QUOTE=rosthouse;35885770]She'd neverr make it. I think she doesn't even speek one of our languages.[/QUOTE]
If she doesen't even speak our language and our dialect, she doesen't belong here.
Fucking crazy bitch stay out of switzerland... I do not want to move.
[QUOTE=kaukassus;35885922]thanks <3
If she doesen't even speak our language and our dialect, she doesen't belong here.[/QUOTE]
She could learn it, but still apart from her husband having Swiss parents, what bonds does she have here?
Actually, I bet that's the way the USA wants to punish us for the whole banking thing.
"Oh, you won't just hand over all your data? FINE, but now you take Bachmann!"
Who's she? but anyway, I don't care for there are much worse people getting citizenship from my beloved country.
[QUOTE=rosthouse;35886008]"Oh, you won't just hand over all your data? FINE, but now you take Bachmann!"[/QUOTE]
I thought that torture would be illegal? Oh wait, USA, never mind.
[QUOTE]Who's she? but anyway, I don't care for there are much worse people getting citizenship from my beloved country.[/QUOTE]
Si isch e rächti Psychopathin wo het wele Presidentin vo de USA werde.
[QUOTE=SwizzChees;35886014]Who's she? but anyway, I don't care for there are much worse people getting citizenship from my beloved country.[/QUOTE]
She's basically Palin on steroids.
I feel bad for Switzerland.
[QUOTE=ctlilc;35886020]I thought that torture would be illegal? Oh wait, USA, never mind.
Si isch e rächti Psychopathin wo het wele Presidentin vo de USA werde.[/QUOTE]
gseht dennoch hübscher us als alli vo üsna politiker.
[QUOTE=SwizzChees;35886062]gseht dennoch hübscher us als alli vo üsna politiker.[/QUOTE]
ich säg jetzt nüt öberd evelyne widmer schlumpf.
also, does she know anything about our country besides politics?
Wow wow wow no holy shit I always cherished the idea that I was living on an island unaffected by american and european bullshit and now this world destroyer cunt is a swiss citizen? holy crap lets hope to fucking god she just did it to evade taxes and not to run for office I don't want to emigrate again.
[QUOTE=SwizzChees;35886062]gseht dennoch hübscher us als alli vo üsna politiker.[/QUOTE]
du gsesch ier iere dummheit so öppis vu aa, lueg ier mol is gsicht! Wie chame so öppe wie die nume iibürgere wtf nüt ish me sicher
[QUOTE=kaukassus;35886119]evelyne widmer schlumpf[/QUOTE]
So sexy.
The Swiss should raise their taxes to show those rich tax dodgers.
[QUOTE=Isuzu;35886247]Wow wow wow no holy shit I always cherished the idea that I was living on an island unaffected by american and european bullshit and now this world destroyer cunt is a swiss citizen? holy crap lets hope to fucking god she just did it to evade taxes and not to run for office I don't want to emigrate again.
du gsesch ier iere dummheit so öppis vu aa, lueg ier mol is gsicht! Wie chame so öppe wie die nume iibürgere wtf nüt ish me sicher[/QUOTE]
Chill down. She's got no power here and won't gain any with our system. und nichtsdestotrotz isch sie optisch da meiste politiker us üsem land überlega.
ITT swiss dialect and nobody understands anything anymore
[QUOTE=DrLuke;35886393]ITT swiss dialect and nobody understands anything anymore[/QUOTE]
they say you own me 25mio isk.
[QUOTE=DrLuke;35886393]ITT swiss dialect and nobody understands anything anymore[/QUOTE]
du chöntisch doch emal probiere üse dialäkt im google translator z übersetzä
oder au nid :zoid:
[QUOTE=DrLuke;35886393]ITT swiss dialect and nobody understands anything anymore[/QUOTE]
Probably doesn't help that there are about 3 different swiss german accents in here right now :v:
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[QUOTE=SwizzChees;35886385]Chill down. She's got no power here and won't gain any with our system. und nichtsdestotrotz isch sie optisch da meiste politiker us �sem land �berlega.[/QUOTE]
Wenn mer üsi Politiker bim usgseh bewerta würden, müassten mer öppa alli usawörfa :v:
Please keep it English. If you wish to speak in a foreign language, take it to GD.
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