18 Billion Dollar Surplus, it vanished without accountability, we need to verify every penny is accounted for with complete transparency to the public. As Governor I would sign an executive order for a complete audit of the state with forensic accounting standards. There are many firms in the country that can complete this task efficiently. No other candidate will call for a complete Audit, and that should have you concerned. Additionally, I would make all aspects of the audit available for public review on the state's website. No other candidate will say this, and that in itself is telling of which side they are on, I am on the taxpayer's side, not on the side of corruption. If the money is recoverable, I will refund the money to the taxpayers, if it has been misused I will take other legal actions to ensure that Minnesota taxpayers receive some restitution for the damages.
If you want an idea of how vast 18 billion dollars is, look at this simple equation, for the "Feeding our Future" fraud case of 250 million dollars, it would take 23 million hours or 2,600 years at 11 dollars an hour, to earn that money back. In the case of 18 Billion dollars, it would take 1.6 Billion hours or 183,000 years to earn that money back at 11 dollars an hour.