“…indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” So reads the Pledge of Allegiance, originally written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a socialist minister. Indivisible is also the name of a grassroots movement “of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda,” according to its website.

Editor's Note: This piece originally published on The Fulcrum and has been re-published on IVN with permission from the publisher.

The size of the United States deficit and the potential dangers to the United States economy is widely debated in Congress. This writing presents our readers with just the facts on the deficit.