Friday, September 11, 2009

Illinois Public pensions, fat retirements




The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
Want to retire with a fat pension? Get a government job in Illinois.

Nearly 4,000 retired government workers have pensions that pay them at least $100,000 a year. They include politicians, judges, doctors and school administrators, as well as top cops, firefighters and park officials.


More than half have collected more than $1 million each since they retired. A few have topped $2 million. And five have gotten more than $3 million each, a Chicago Sun-Times investigation found.
You'll want to read the whole article. You'd have to have a multi-million dollar 401K to pay yourself a $100,000 a year.