We've got a part-time legislature but we're payin' for for a full-time legislature. Why? ----Here's how many days lawmakers expect to work in Lansing for rest of 2013

Tim Skubick: Here's how many days lawmakers expect to work in Lansing for rest of 2013 | MLive.com: "Check this out:

• 11 session days in September.

• 15 session days in October.

• Six on the calender for November as a lot of time is consumed by the annual hiatus to kill deer and then eat turkey. So much for November.

Then comes December, with nine session days planned but in the state senate three of those days late in the month are listed as “tentative.”

Or put another way, there are 61 days left in the year and state lawmakers are in town for 15 days or about 30% of the time - but remember, the rest of the time, “I’m back home working in the district.”"