Over 30 years of retirement, Cassens would collect as much as $631,438, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Cassens received $13,272 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Cassens will have already received $41,022 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.
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