No matter what part of the country you live in, a big chunk of your paycheck goes to the government. Adam Andrzejewski, founder and CEO of OpenTheBooks.com, wants to bring more transparency to how that money is used in the U.S. and expose waste, with an eye to bring about more fiscal accountability.

As part of the American Thought Leaders series, The Epoch Times sits down with Adam to talk about how his work brought about more accountability in his home state of Illinois and nationally, federal "use it or lose it" spending, and OpenTheBooks’ "Mapping the Swamp" report and useful app showing how much any public servant makes.