,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bhi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bi1
 #bjai ,mr4 ,daines submitted the       
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary    
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate that socialism poses a      
significant threat to freedom1 liberty1 
and economic prosperity4  ,whereas      
,merriam-,webster ,dictionary defines   
socialism as-- 7#a7 any of various      
economic and political theories         
advocating collective or governmental   
ownership and administration of the     
means of production and distribution of 
goods2 and  7#b7 a system of society or 
group living in which there is no       
private property2 ,whereas socialism and
 the policies advocated by              
self-described democratic socialists    
have an underlying historical connection
 to the ,marxist theory2 ,whereas       
history has witnessed countless failed  
,marxist-inspired regimes2 ,whereas1    

because of the perverse incentives and  
inherent flaws of the ,marxist theory1  
socialism inevitably leads to societal  
rot1 resulting in devastation1 economic 
poverty1 and destruction2 ,whereas      
prominent elected officials in the      
,senate and the ,house of               
,representatives are self-described     
socialists and espouse socialist        
proposals2 ,whereas socialist policies  
such as the ,green ,new ,deal and       
socialized medicine would-- 7#a7        
eliminate the private property rights of
 all people of the ,united ,states2 and 
7#b7 force taxpayers to pay trillions of
 dollars to implement2  ,whereas ,alexis
 de ,tocqueville wrote1 ,democracy and  
socialism have nothing in common but one
 word1 equality4 ,but notice the        
difference3 while democracy seeks       
equality in liberty1 socialism seeks    
equality in restraint and servitude42   
,whereas ,margaret ,thatcher once       
stated1 ,socialist governments '''      
always run out of other people's money1 

and thus the way to prosperity is for   
the state to give the people more choice
 to spend their own money in their own  
way2 ,whereas free-market capitalism is 
the greatest engine for human           
advancement in the history of the world1
 bringing more people out of poverty and
 into prosperity than any economic model
 in the history of mankind2 ,whereas the
 ,united ,states is the single greatest 
country in the history of the world1 due
 in large part to its system of         
government that secures the private     
property rights of all citizens through 
the genius of the ,constitution of the  
,united ,states2 and ,whereas1 on       
,february #e1 #bjai1 in the ,state of   
the ,union address1 ,president ,donald  
,j4 ,trump declared--  7#a7 ,we are     
alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism 
in our country2 and  7#b7 ,america will 
never be a socialist country3 ,now1     
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 acknowledges that ,marxism and     
socialism are failed ideologies2  7#b7  

recognizes that socialism poses a       
significant threat to the freedom1      
liberty1 and economic prosperity of all 
countries and people around the world2  
7#c7 accepts that socialism is a failed 
experiment of governance that inevitably
 ends in misery and suffering2  7#d7    
declares that1 throughout the history1  
tradition1 and national civic spirit of 
the ,united ,states1 the ,united ,states
 has been a beacon of light shining like
 a lighthouse to the rest of the world1 
demonstrating that freedom and liberty  
are the surest foundation of government2
 and  7#e7 affirms that the ,united     
,states should never be a socialist     
country4