Over 30 years of retirement, Kies would collect as much as $5.85 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.
The projection assumes Kies received $122,981 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Kies will have already received $249,651 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.
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