How state lawmakers pump up pensions in ways you can't – USATODAY.com

I heard people talking about this at the coffee shop--thought they must be wrong, but apparently not. More than 4,100 legislators in 33 states are positioned to benefit from special retirement laws that they and their predecessors have enacted to boost their pensions by up to $100,000 a year.

How state lawmakers pump up pensions in ways you can't – USATODAY.com