Greenspan跟著各州跑競選的裏根，想見縫插針給他一個101，但裏根總是找到借口翹課。後來在一次東西海岸間的飛機上，Greenspan被黨務故意安排坐在裏根旁邊。裏根眼看溜不掉了，急中生智丟了這麽一個段子：
President Leonid Brezhnev is standing atop Lenin's tomb, reviewing the May Day parade. The full Soviet Union military might is on display. Battalions of elite troops goosestep in all their uniformed splendour. They are followed by hundreds of tanks and artillery. Then come dozens of nuclear missiles. And after the missiles come… half a dozen shabbily-dressed civilians, shuffling along and looking utterly out of place. An aide begs Brezhnev's forgiveness: “Comrade Secretary, my apologies, I do not know who these people are or how they've come into our parade.” “Do not be concerned, Comrade,” replies Brezhnev. “I am responsible for them. They are our economists, and you have no idea how much damage they can do.”
