Over 30 years of retirement, Hastings would collect as much as $333,956, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Hastings received $7,019 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Hastings will have already received $29,366 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.