The correct answer is Stalin held little regard for individual rights.
This is evident from the passage because he refers to achieving security (safety) meant depriving individuals of their freedoms. This reference shows that Stalin was more worried about controlling all of the elements within a society rather than protecting the rights of individual citizens.
special-purpose local-option sales tax
A special-purpose local-option sales tax (SPLOST) is a financing method for funding capital outlay projects in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is an optional 1% sales tax levied by any county for the purpose of funding the building of parks, schools, roads, and other public facilities.
I was thinking it was the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egyptian leader General Gama l Abdel Nasser in July 1956
One of the major function of executive departments is: C. To enforce and administer federal laws
Because of this enforcement function, the executive departments in each democratic country typically the one that uses the most of the federal budget. The president can handpick each of the cabinet members that responsible for the enforcement of federal laws of one specific sector of the country.