1. As a business man with over two decades of private-sector experience, Kamal Jain knows how to improve service while cutting costs and eliminating waste.
2. On his first day in office, Kamal Jain pledges to take a 10% pay cut and refuse a state pension. He’s also limiting himself to two terms as Auditor.
3. Kamal Jain started the conversation about Massachusetts state government Total Spending. Our state government spent $51.8 Billion last year, when the budget was only $28.2 Billion. Other candidates have picked it up, but he is one who brought it to light.
4. President Reagan said, “Trust, but Verify.” How can the people trust their government if they cannot verify the data? Kamal Jain will open the books so that everyone can see ALL of state spending.
5. He won’t just promise to tell you what’s going on with the state budget. Kamal Jain will let YOU see where your money went. That’s Total Transparency.
6. Every Dollar. Every Dime. Online. Easy to navigate and easy to understand. So simple, a 5th grader or a grandmother can use it. No other candidate for Auditor, from either party, has made this promise.
7. Kamal Jain’s campaign will help Republican candidates across the state. As he campaigns across Massachusetts, talking about Total Transparency, exposing billions in government waste, and getting voters fired up, they’ll be more interested in voting for Republican candidates up and down the ticket.
8. Everyone loves Kamal Jain’s message: Total Transparency. All the Republicans, all the Independents … and even all the Democrats. Everyone wants to see where their money is going. His message is universal and appeals to ALL voters. That means Kamal Jain can win the general election in November.
9. Do you want a Republican who will bring us Total Transparency, or a Democrat who will keep business-as-usual in the State Auditor’s seat next year? If you want a Republican, vote Kamal Jain.

Kamal Jain for State Auditor asks for your vote in the Republican primary on September 14th.

Why?  Because the other major party candidates have the same things in common, none of which the people of Massachusetts need: They all lack vision and independence from party loyalties, and they are all political opportunists seeking to reach the next rung on the political ladder, and to be a guardian for their party.  These two parties have controlled the Governor’s office and the Legislature for decades, taking turns in the driver’s seat but always moving in one direction: More spending and bigger government with NO transparency or accountability.

There is a candidate for Auditor with a clearly-articulated vision for TOTAL transparency and accountability, and the independence the people of our state so desperately need to help them know all that goes on in state government: Kamal Jain.  The people need someone inside government who is on their side.  Together we can leave no stone unturned, no agency or department unexamined.

The people of Massachusetts are smart enough to know that audits of the government by the government will never expose much of the waste and corruption.  The people of Massachusetts need the tools and information to enable them all to become citizen auditors and investigators, able to identify and examine every expenditure, every contract bid and award process, every decision made — things done in near secrecy today.  The people need transparency and accountability.

When there is a candidate who stands for transparency and accountability, the Auditor’s race will matter.

The Auditor’s race matters; there is a transparency and accountability candidate: Kamal Jain.

It should be possible for anyone to have online access to details of all government spending, including each and every transaction which adds-up to the total amount of government spending as reported in annual audited reports, such as the Statutory Basis Financial Report and the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.  Every contract bid, response and vendor selection, as well as actual invoicing compared to the winning bid should be fully searchable online along with all financial transactions.  It should be possible for anyone to generate reports sorted by dollar amount, payee, department, etc.

A citizen portal should be comprehensive and yet easy enough for anyone to use from a 5th grader to a great-grandparent, without the need for accounting experience or sophisticated computer skills.  The technology and systems which could make such a portal possible already exist, but the establishment lacks the political will to make it happen.  Rather than waiting to take office, Kamal Jain has already begun the work to PURCHASE the necessary data from the state government (despite it being “public” information).  He has also lined-up a world-class team of technical and business professionals to help build the citizen portal starting NOW.

Furthermore, a non-governmental body should be established by the Auditor’s office to assess and identify government waste.  This body would be led and staffed primarily by volunteer experts from the private sector, much like the famed Grace Commission which identified Federal government waste of greater than 30% back in the 1980s.

The State Auditor is the only statewide, constitutional officer elected by the PEOPLE of the Commonwealth who has the authority to audit the state GOVERNMENT on behalf of the people.  No other elected or appointed official has the authority or mandate to provide the voters and taxpayers with a report card on governmental operations, policy-making and spending decisions.  The government must be at least as accountable to the people as it requires the people to be to the government.

Beyond assessing the annual operations of state and municipal government, the Auditor also has an obligation to weigh-in on day-to-day decisions about to be made by the government with regard to privatization, and outsourcing of services.  In addition, the Auditor should make clear to the people what total spending per program and beneficiary is, including analysis of overhead costs, and comparing those costs to similar functions as they are handled by the private sector.

With billions of taxpayer dollars being spent in millions of transactions every year,someone has to give the people the information and tools they need to understand what goes on.  That someone should be the State Auditor.

It would be fair to say that no one person today truly understands all government operations and spending, nor could they identify most waste on their own.  It would be impossible for any one person to know that, or even for a room full of accountants.  Transparency will provide the information and tools which will empower the people — all of the people — to become investigators of waste, fraud and corruption.  Areas of spending that are typically overlooked by most people will come to someone’s attention because millions of taxpayers will have access to ALL the information.

Transparency is a prerequisite for good government.  Transparency makes accountability and efficiency possible.  We already have everything we need to have TOTAL government transparency today, except for a State Auditor willing to not just make it a priority, but to make it THE priority.  For TOTAL transparency and accountability, there is only ONE choice for Massachusetts State Auditor: Kamal Jain.