I don’t expect to get the amount I and my employer paid in. I’ll be dead before that.
I have both a federal pension and SS. At age 69 I have already received ten times what I contributed to my federal pension or five times more than both my contribution and the government’s. I receive a minimal SS pension and have already received about 5 times my contribution. Between the two, I get about 120K a year and both are linked to COLA. As much as I enjoy the benefits, I know that this is unsustainable for the country.