Over 30 years of retirement, Thornton would collect as much as $2.68 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Thornton received $56,385 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Thornton will have already received $174,281 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.
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