Over 30 years of retirement, Bruns would collect as much as $827,446, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.
The projection assumes Bruns received $17,392 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Bruns will have already received $35,306 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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