Over 30 years of retirement, Burns would collect as much as $684,463, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.
The projection assumes Burns received $14,386 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 5 years of retirement, Burns will have already received $76,381 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.