I was fortunate enough on Friday night to meet and have a chance to talk to Kamal Jain, who is running in the Republican primary for State Auditor. I was impressed. Kamal is a seasoned businessman who believes in transparency in government. One of the things he showed me as we talked was the chart below:
This chart shows the difference between the actual budget of the State of Massachusetts for Fiscal Years 2000 through 2009 and the actual spending for Fiscal Years 2000 through 2009. This is the link to the area of his website that explains how this works, MassTransparency.com. I do not claim to understand all the workings of this, but it obvious to me that there is a large amount of money spent that somehow is not in the actual budget which is voted on by the legislature and signed by the Governor. Mr. Jain plans to make public how the State of Massachusetts actually spends our money. I like that.
Mr. Jain is an impressive man with an impressive resume. I plan on voting for him in the primary election.
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