The $47,957 number is for the year 2010 and it will certainly increase every year in the future because the pensions for cops and royal government rulers have hooks in them that cause them to increase every year.

Here is the text from the last article which tells about Russell Pierce's $47,957 pension.

"When things were good, they (lawmakers) were overly generous," said incoming Senate President Russell Pearce, R-Mesa. "No one looked at the future impact. . . . We need to look at things now and decide what we can afford."

Pearce himself benefits from three Arizona public-pension systems. He has eight years of service as a state and county government administrator in the ASRS system. He has about 10 years of service and growing in the Elected Officials' Retirement Plan, and since 1991 he has received a pension from the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System for his time as a sheriff's deputy.

Currently, Pearce's annual public-safety pension is $47,957, according to records.

Pearce said he would favor eliminating the Elected Officials' Retirement Plan because he believes people should not be given the wrong reasons to run for office.