These three sentences donothinglessthan blow apart the central tenet of modern conservative economic theory, confirming that lowering tax rates on the wealthy does nothing to grow the economy while doing a great deal to concentrate more wealth in the pockets of those at the very top of the income chain.
But the Soviet Union is looking to the United States to do more: Moscow expects nothinglessthan a U.S. "seal of approval" for financial assistance to the Soviet Union.