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andrewb610 t1_jdl4hu2 wrote

In the usual US system, the Congress overseas the Executive Branch, not the other way around.

The state auditor is going to see her budget shrivel up very quickly. I admire her courage but her attitude of “I’m not asking for permission” is going to end with “and now I’m not getting a paycheck”.

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great_blue_hill t1_jdmhfxx wrote

Yay let’s roll over to government corruption

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andrewb610 t1_jdmmc8l wrote

I’m not saying you shouldn’t push for a new way for legislative oversight, I’m just saying the system isn’t inherently set up the way the State Auditor wants it to be.

You should push for a voter initiative to fix it!

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Potential-Village-61 t1_je85cq9 wrote

if her budget and pay shrivel for that reason then the people of Massachusetts should march. It is still the people's government .....or is it? Wake up Massachusetts.

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andrewb610 t1_je880am wrote

You’re absolutely right. I’m not saying the legislature should respond that way, but the way things work is that the legislature writes the laws that tell the auditor what authority the position has and doesn’t have. Usually the executive branch can have oversight from the legislative branch, not the other way around.

What I haven’t yet found, which could change my opinion entirely, is the law providing for the powers of the state auditor. If the legislature gave the auditor power to audit them then case closed for the auditor. If not, then the speaker is right.

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