MA Auditor Candidate Dials In On State Spending

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 1:27 PM

Kamal Jain, the candidate running for Auditor in Massachusetts we told you about a few weeks ago, is at it again. This time, he is highlighting the need for transparency by calling attention to the Bay State's astounding spending record. In Massachusetts, candidates for statewide office are required to state their intended campaign spending limit which in turns establishes the limit for their opponent. Jain, for his limit, chose $26,930,143,000 - the size of the Massachusetts state budget. In a press release, he explained his choice:

"27 billion is the size of this year’s state budget, but state spending will be drastically higher than that," Jain remarked.  "I chose the state budget amount as my primary spending limit to call attention to state spending.  This amount only represents about half of what total spending will be for FY2010."

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If Jain’s campaign were to raise and spend $27 billion, the real winners in this election would be the people of Massachusetts.

"Other candidates for Auditor promise to go behind the curtain and tell the people what is going on back there," Kamal Jain pledges.  "I will tear down the curtain and invite the people to come in and see for themselves.  I’ll give the voters a map, a compass, and a flashlight, and let them loose to explore every crevice of state government spending." 

We couldn't have said it better ourselves. We hope his campaign finance declaration sheds light on the true cost of government for Massachusetts taxpayers and provides more momentum for spending transparency in the Bay State.

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