Comments on: When the Auditor’s Race Matters http://kamaljain.com/news-events/editorials/when-the-auditors-race-matters/ Transparency in Government Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:41:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Susan Mojica http://kamaljain.com/news-events/editorials/when-the-auditors-race-matters/#comment-4 Susan Mojica Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:30:56 +0000 http://kamaljain.com/?p=177#comment-4 This editorial made me stop and think of my own household budget. I always know where the money is, where it goes, what it does. I can't imagine what life would be like if that were not the case. If I suddenly couldn't account for a sum, well, that would be very upsetting and I would go looking for the money until I found it, as I sometimes have to do when balancing my checkbook month-to-month. One purpose of government noted in our Preamble is that of securing the existence of the body politic. Just as having a handle on my household budget is necessary to secure my existence, and that of my family, having the “household budget” of the Commonwealth under control is necessary to secure the existence of the body politic. Not knowing where the money is, where it goes, what it does, upsets the body politic, thereby thwarting the very purpose for which the government of this Commonwealth was established in the first place. I'm just starting to realize how important are these issues Kamal Jain is raising in his campaign for Auditor. This editorial made me stop and think of my own household budget. I always know where the money is, where it goes, what it does. I can’t imagine what life would be like if that were not the case. If I suddenly couldn’t account for a sum, well, that would be very upsetting and I would go looking for the money until I found it, as I sometimes have to do when balancing my checkbook month-to-month.

One purpose of government noted in our Preamble is that of securing the existence of the body politic. Just as having a handle on my household budget is necessary to secure my existence, and that of my family, having the “household budget” of the Commonwealth under control is necessary to secure the existence of the body politic. Not knowing where the money is, where it goes, what it does, upsets the body politic, thereby thwarting the very purpose for which the government of this Commonwealth was established in the first place.

I’m just starting to realize how important are these issues Kamal Jain is raising in his campaign for Auditor.

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