The Federal Reserve is independent, but that didn’t mean I didn’t have some influence. I told him that I felt that we needed to increase capital requirements on bank reserves, and to begin running some ‘stress tests’ on some of the bigger banks. That earned me a few raised eyebrows from the Fed Chairman, but I just reminded about him that the ‘irrational exuberance’ remark that he had used to describe the dot-com bubble, now applied to the housing markets and financial sectors. I would let him face the markets on that one. They liked and respected him; I was just a fucking zillionaire, so what did I know.On Monday, December 10, we had a rather interesting day. Marilyn and the girls had been down to Washington for the weekend, and we kept the twins out of school for the day, and they stayed in town. We were approaching the mystical hundred-day mark in my Presidency, and there were lots of requests for a lengthy interview in the White House with me and the family. I don’t know how Ari. C’mon ... Dave’s making cocktails.”Sam took Jim’s hand and led him through the house to the spacious patio in the backyard. Dave was there mixing a pitcher of something with limes in it.“Right on time, Jim,” Dave said, smiling. Sam went to him and gave him a kiss.Dave poured out some of the mixture into a highball glass already piled high with crushed ice.“Here. Try some of this,” he said, handing Jim the glass he’d just filled.“Thanks.” Jim took a sip. It was delicious. He tasted gin and lime, and sugar for starters. Dave poured two more glasses.“Wow! This is delicious,” Jim exclaimed after his first sip. “What do you call it?”“Gin Rickey,” Sam said. “It’s an old cocktail from the ‘20s. They make ‘em at the Cheesecake Factory. Dave knows a bartender there and got the recipe – don’t tell though!”“Well, wherever it came from, it’s wonderful,” Jim said.“Thanks. I kind of like them myself,” Dave said, grinning. “Be careful though – they go down like lemonade but go off in your brain.
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