PART-TIME MI: Kalamazoo Gazette

The Kalamazoo Gazette discusses our situation in Michigan in this article, but they come to wrong conclusions:

"In comparison with legislative salaries paid in the other 49 states, Michigan is second only to California"
"Michigan is the country's eighth-most populous state"
"Michigan's economy isn't anywhere near the top of anyone's list"
"Michigan's state legislative body now is the sixth costliest to operate."

"So how could we save money in doing the people's business? Switch to a part-time legislature? Consolidate into one chamber from two?

Probably not.

Life in the 21st century is too complicated for a part-time legislature, a practice begun long ago when the economy was largely agrarian."

If they agree with our positions on the poor economy, overpaid legislature, and costly legislative branch expenses, then how do they come up with the conclusion that a part-time legislature is an artifact of agrarian society? Let's use just a little bit of logic here (it doesn't take much): Michigan's economy is among the worst. Almost all of the states ahead of us have part-time legislatures (there are only 4 truly full-time legislatures: CA, MI, NY, PA) - you think maybe they're doing the right thing since they're ahead of us?