Congratulations — You’re Now an Unpaid Venture Capitalist
Congratulations — You’re Now an Unpaid Venture Capitalist
At this point, Massachusetts taxpayers don’t pay taxes. They fund a government startup that never files quarterly reports and somehow always needs another round.
Your wallet gets audited more often than the programs it bankrolls. That sentence should embarrass every officeholder on Beacon Hill. It doesn’t.
Money leaves the State House, takes a scenic detour through an alphabet soup of agencies, NGOs, consultants, “pilot programs,” “emergency authorizations,” and “community partnerships,” and eventually returns as a press conference explaining why the program needs more money.
Astonishing business model.
Ask the Investor Questions
When the Door Knocking Starts
Election season is starting up again. When a State Rep or State Senator asks for your re‑election support, skip the yard‑sign chit‑chat and ask them the questions a real investor would ask before writing a check:
- How much taxpayer money under your watch went to nonprofit contractors? Name the top ten.
- What measurable outcomes did taxpayers get for that spending?
- How many of those contracts were competitively bid?
- How many were emergency procurements that bypassed normal review?
- How many subcontractors were attached to those deals?
- Where can the public track all this spending in one place?
- What programs failed — and who was held accountable?
- If an independent forensic audit were proposed tomorrow, would you support it — yes or no?
- How much administrative overhead gets eaten before one dollar reaches the intended recipient?
- If the spending is so effective, why does the problem always require a bigger budget next year?
Funny how “trust the process” gets very quiet once you ask for receipts.
Day 540
The Audit That Won’t Step Outside
On November 5, 2024, Massachusetts voters passed Question 1 by a 72–28 margin, expanding the State Auditor’s authority to audit the Legislature itself.
As of today, that’s Day 540 — and the Legislature still has not opened its books. State Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s lawsuit is now before the full Supreme Judicial Court, with oral arguments scheduled for May 6, 2026. Beacon Hill’s defense, in essence, is that allowing the Auditor to do her job would violate the separation of powers.
At this point, the groundhog has a better attendance record.
Sunlight Isn’t Partisan
It Just Makes Cockroaches Nervous
There is no honest reason for any elected official to oppose forensic transparency over taxpayer dollars. None. Not separation of powers, not procedural complexity, not “administrative burden.” If the spending is sound, the books will show it. If it isn’t, the public has every right to know.
Until that audit happens, every taxpayer in the Commonwealth is, in effect, a venture capitalist with no board seat, no proxy vote, and no exit option — locked into a fund that takes more capital every year, refuses to disclose its returns, and tells you to be quiet about it.
That’s not government. That’s a structurally captive investor relationship. And it’s long past time for an investor revolt.