; Whereas, Venezuela is rich in natural resources. Venezuela has the largest proven barrels of oil reserves in the entire world, reported to be 300 million barrels, by World Atlas in January of 2019; Whereas, because of the socialist policies and leaders in Venezuela, their inflation rate had soared to 80,000 percent by the end of 2018, with nearly 90 percent of the citizens of Venezuela living below the poverty line; Whereas, because of the socialist policies and leaders in Venezuela, the average Venezuelan has lost 24 pounds in the last year due to malnutrition and lack of access to food, water, and other basic nutrients; Whereas, there is an alarming amount of support for socialism and democratic socialism spreading across the United States of America; Whereas, a 2018 Gallup Poll showed 57 percent of Democrats have a favorable opinion of socialism, while only 47 percent of Democrats polled have a positive view of capitalism; Whereas, an increasing number of Democrat politicians have labeled themselves as democratic socialists over recent years. The line between democrat and socialist has been increasingly blurred.; Whereas, Senator Bernie Sanders, a top 2016 Democrat presidential candidate, has declared, I am a democratic Socialist and went on to advocate that it’s time we had Democratic Socialism for working families ; Whereas, freshman Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib are registered members of the Democratic Socialists of America and are self-described socialists; Whereas, in October of 2018 The White House’s Council of Economic Advisers published a report entitled The Opportunity Costs of Socialism