Over 30 years of retirement, Scott would collect as much as $1 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Scott received $21,029 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Scott will have already received $87,978 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.