Democrats in MA Actually Want a Financial Audit?
I’m thrilled by this news, honestly. As if it wasn’t bad enough that yet another Massachusetts Speak of the House was indicted for corruption (at the Federal level, mind you), it turns out the state used $378,000 of our tax money to cover “the House’s legal costs” during the investigation. This isn’t that shocking (and to most Massachusetts residents it doesn’t matter, because they seem to believe that handing their paychecks over to corrupt, life-long politicians is the way the world should work), but what is amazing is that four House Democrats are calling for an audit of the State House of Representatives! They want a full accounting of the money spent, including invoices. I don’t know what their motives are (there’s not a lot of detail out there), but I’m hopeful that it’s outrage over spending taxpayer money to cover the costs of political fraud and corruption. If so, it’s a small sign of hope in a single-party state that has traditionally run roughshod over the taxpayer (and the pathetic majority of taxpayers seem to enjoy the abuse…maybe MA state tax forms should be accompanied by ball gags and whips), and we should applaud those Democrats for not toeing the party line and actually fighting for what’s right (assuming those are the intentions).
