Whereas, on February 7, 2019, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Edward Markey introduced H. Res. 109 and S. Res. 59, respectively, resolutions recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal; Whereas, on February 27, 2019, Representative Pramila Jayapal and Senator Bernard Sanders introduced H.R. 1384 and S. 1129, respectively, legislation to establish a Medicare-for-all national health insurance program; Whereas several Democratic Presidential candidates have proposed tuition-free college or wealth redistribution policies; Whereas, in socialism, the value of States and municipal government goes away and keeps government away from the people, instead favoring a centralized ruling body; Whereas increasing taxes for Americans to redistribute wealth would eliminate the incentive for the American ingenuity which has made the United States the most productive country in the world; Whereas eliminating private medical insurance options for nearly half of the population currently covered by employers and replacing it with a government-run system would result in a decrease in the quality and availability of care; Whereas a guaranteed job for those who are unable or unwilling to work violates the treasured principle of self-responsibility and merit-based opportunity; Whereas the late Charles Krauthammer defined the difference between political rights and economic rights, likening political rights to examples of free speech, worship, and freedom from government overreach, and cultural and economic rights as social and economic services guaranteed by the state; Whereas the idea of social and economic rights creates a dependence on the state for necessities and can begin to replace the importance of political rights; Whereas there is no form of socialism, whether extreme or modified, that has worked in other countries due to civil unrest and economic hardship for citizens