Kamal Jain is taking a pay cut and putting his career on hold to serve the people as their Auditor because it is so important to have the right leadership in the Auditor’s office.

In addition to his pledge of Total Transparency, of getting Every Dollar and Every Dime Online, Kamal Jain pledges:

• To serve at most TWO TERMS as State Auditor.
• To refuse a public pension, because politicians should not get pensions.
• To give himself a 10% pay cut on day one, because that’s how we do things in the private sector when times are tight.

Kamal Jain was one of the first candidates to make these pledges.  There are now more and more candidates who are adopting similar pledges.  Let us hope this becomes the new norm for politicians as Total Transparency becomes the new norm for state government.

Granny G’s blog post can be found here:

http://www.rightwinggranny.com/2010/03/the-rising-republican-tide-in.html

Excerpts from the post:

Kamal is a seasoned businessman who believes in transparency in government.

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.

Is Kamal Jain a Republican…or an Independent?  Both.

My belief is that insider politics, cronyism and corruption are the root of our government’s problems.  Only those independent of the system can expose these issues to the people and help us fix the problems.  An investigation into my background and connections will reveal that I am independent to the core, with no allegiances within, or alliances to, the system.  I am as much of an outsider as can be without leaving the planet.

Political reality in America and many countries around the world is that the system is dominated by two major parties or two major coalitions.   In choosing to run for office, Republican or Democrat were the only viable options, and it is the Republican party which is home to many of my fellow patriots and kindred spirits.

Choosing a party over being a true independent was emotionally difficult, but logically obvious.  Choosing to run as a Republican was an easy choice.

The Republican Party is the party of Ron Paul, Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater.  It was the party of limited government and individual liberty, and still has the most advocates of those principles despite the prominence today of many Big-Government Republicans.  It is time to take back the Republican Party.

In our two-party system, heavily monopolized by the Democrat party, it is the Republican party that is fast-becoming the voice for America’s independents, and we independents are finding plenty in common with others who may label themselves “conservative, ” “moderate” or “libertarian”.

Republican Senator-elect, Scott Brown, cited independent voters as key to his election victory.  Indeed, even many Democrats agree that there is far too much power in a single party today, and that some semblance of balance must be restored to correct our nation’s and our states’ courses.

Kamal Jain is running as a Republican for Massachusetts State Auditor. In 2010, the voters will choose a Beacon Hill outsider to help THEM audit the state government.  There is still only once choice for a true independent: Kamal Jain.

Central to transparency will be a citizen portal to government spending.  Because transparency is so important, we are not waiting to begin to make government financial accessible to the people.  Funds are being raised to purchase “public” information from the state government, and to engage attorneys to assist in acquiring the data as necessary.  Read the story of Kamal Jain’s attempts to get this information to date.

The citizen portal will be operated as a separate site at MassTransparency.com, and we will work closely with individuals and organizations who are also working on various facets of transparency to make it a key resource for anyone living in Massachusetts.