Over 30 years of retirement, Gittleson would collect as much as $750,819, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.
The projection assumes Gittleson received $15,781 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Gittleson will have already received $32,035 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.
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