If you’re opposed to government-run health care, would you donate to a candidate who will vote in favor of it?

If you’re a sportsman, would you contribute to the campaign of someone who prefers to ignore the Second Amendment?

That’s exactly what happens under the state’s Public Financing Law.

Under the provisions of the program, taxpayers can check off a box on their state taxes to donate $1 to public campaign financing. That money is used to match other donations for participating candidates. Although donating the dollar is voluntary, taxpayers have no say about who gets their money.

As a candidate for State Auditor, I have refused to participate in the public financing program. I won’t take your money unless YOU want to give it to me.

Some of the other candidates running for State Auditor are participating in the public financing program, including my opponent in the September primary. Every donation she receives, from back in 2009 until the primary in September, up to $250, is eligible for matching money from the public financing kitty. The other candidates are taking advantage of what they believe is free money. I know there is no such thing as a free lunch.

In both my business dealings and my campaign, I have always stood strongly on principle. I will not waver from this. At one job, when making cost-cutting suggestions, I recommended that the company lay me off. It was the right thing to do, regardless of the personal impact to me.

Refusing public financing is the right thing for me to do. I promote Total Transparency, and, as Auditor, will let you see how the state is spending every penny of your money. I can’t approve of a program that takes your hard-earned dollars and gives it to candidates you would never choose to support.

Total Transparency is about knowing how every dollar and every dime of your money is spent. When you are armed with this knowledge, you have the tools you need to fight against the programs you are opposed to, and for the programs that support your values.

When you donate to the Kamal Jain for Auditor campaign, your money goes directly to helping bring Total Transparency to Massachusetts. It will pay for yard signs, radio ads, and TV ads, all to bring my message of Total Transparency to the voters. Your money will help elect an Auditor that won’t just claim to tell you what’s going on behind the government’s curtain of secrecy. I will tear down the curtain and let you see it all for yourself.

Since I’m not taking any “public” money, direct donations are needed all the more. If you will donate $250 or $100 to my campaign, you will make a big difference.

If you will donate $25 or $50, you will help us spread the word.

Even if you can only donate $5 or $10, I will appreciate it all the more because you gave it willingly, to support what we believe in.

Please help me reach out to all the Massachusetts voters. Please donate today.

Thank you for supporting my campaign for Total Transparency.

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