<span>5% sales tax on consumer goods & services goes into effect in USSR was probably the most major thing that occured. </span>
Political authority grants members of a government the right to rule over citizens using coercion if necessary (i.e., political legitimacy), while imposing an obligation for the citizens to obey government orders (i.e., political obligation).
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Two of the main reasons for Truman's policy of containment during the Cold War were that the USSR was trying to rapidly expand, and that eliminating communism where it already existed was extremely unlikely. It was considered a very effective policy originally but then was viewed with skepticism when Vietnam hit.
