Take a hypothetical elected official. He is elected State Treasurer; works six years. Serves five terms in the US House of Representatives. Elected governor twice. Elected to US Senate three times. His pensions - ONE FOR EACH JOB. Granted, some may be small; but why four taxpayer funded pensions?
OH BTW, this is NOT a hypothetical elected official. He is Tom Carper.
My understanding of the U.S. pension system is that he would get one pension for both the House and Senate.
The State is likely separate, but my guess is that he gets another pension for the state positions.
Do you have any evidence that he gets four pensions?
We have a federal system. The state governments and the federal government are not the same.