To what do Illinois taxpayers owe now-former Gov. Pat Quinn for creating a $45 BILLION budget deficit?

Apparently $11,396 a month.

Quinn was defeated for a third term in November by Bruce Rauner, a candidate who vowed to clamp down on out-of-control spending.

The former governor’s pension consists of a monthly benefit of $10,774.10 from the General Assembly Retirement System as well as $622.38 a month from the State Employees Retirement System.

That means Quinn will take in about $137,000 a year in retirement, WUIS reports.

The news station notes he was “state treasurer, lieutenant governor, and worked for a governor in the 1970s.”

But don’t think Quinn’s whopping pension is just a partisan affair.

Former House GOP Leader Tom Cross is getting a roughly $6,700 monthly pension.

Dan Rutherford, the last state treasurer, began receiving $9,600 checks on Jan. 13, and former state Sen. Kirk Dillard is pulling in a $6,267 monthly pension. He’s now running the Regional Transportation Authority, so his pension will likely increase when that’s done.

Crain’s reports the general fund deficit in Quinn’s last year in office was $7.3 billion.