Over 30 years of retirement, Saunders would collect as much as $64,358, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Saunders received $1,352 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Saunders will have already received $5,658 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.
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