Over 30 years of retirement, Sanders would collect as much as $679,650, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Will County Gazette.
The projection assumes Sanders received $14,285 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Sanders will have already received $44,154 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.