Over 30 years of retirement, Kassebaum would collect as much as $2.99 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Kassebaum received $62,795 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Kassebaum will have already received $194,093 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.