A caller wants to know. Grant explains what politicians and watchdog groups mean by the term glass pockets. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Glass Pockets”
Oh, political language, Martha. I could talk to you about this all day. Do you want some more?
Please.
There’s one that I came across recently called Glass Pockets. Can you guess what those are?
Glass Pockets? It sounds like something on a Vietnamese restaurant menu.
Right, angel hair, glass, something like that.
Glass noodles and, you know, stuff the shrimp in there, yeah.
No, that’s not it.
Oh, I’m wrong?
No, no.
Oh, this has to do with politics, right?
Just this once, yes. It has to do with politics. Just this once, you’re wrong.
To have glass pockets means to spend money in a way that is transparent to the public, right?
Every dollar should be explained and accounted for.
It kind of goes along with the idea of the sunshine laws, which is supposed to make the internal workings of government accessible to the public.
That’s great. I love it.
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