10 Statistics on Online Privacy That May Surprise You

As the debate on online privacy intensifies, Pew Internet & American Life Project, a project of Pew Research Center, recently

published a report on our behaviors and fears online.

Researching the impact of the Internet on society, Pew Internet focused in on privacy online, and found that while most Americans want to remain anonymous online, they fear that it's not possible.

How Did They Vote On The Government Shutdown?

The vote to reopen the government and pass a temporary budget deal has shaped up to be possibly the most divisive vote of 2013. H.R. 2775, also called the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2014 funds the government until January 15, 2014, and was passed October 17. The Senate voted 81 to 18 to fund the government and avert a potential default, whereas the House voted 285 to 144.

Hundreds of Open Carry Activists March on Alamo with Rifles in Hand

On Saturday, approximately 1,500 gun rights activists gathered at one of Texas' most sacred historical sites, the Alamo, in San Antonio to protest a city ordinance that bans open carry of firearms. According to the local news site, San Antonio Express-News, about a third of the protesters carried rifles, shotguns, and antique pistols as an open display of civil disobedience.

From San Antonio Express-News:

Study: Some Corporations Actually Increasing Profits After Taxes

With our national debt at $17 trillion and growing and another crisis looming in January 2014, Congress and the White House must come together and find a way to either decrease expenses or increase revenue to manage our federal debt.

It is truly a matter of survival as a nation for us to resolve this dilemma.

There are veritable plethora of ways to accomplish the ultimate goal, yet the concept remains the same.  It's not a complicated concept: spending more than you generate has some rather serious consequences.

To Get Our Financial House In Order

Out of Washington, we tend to hear the same old stories.  Republicans want to cut spending and not raise taxes.  Democrats want to tax the rich and not let Republicans touch the entitlement programs.  Tea Party Republicans just want to defund the Affordable Care Act.  In a divided government, it has managed to get us into one stalemate after another.  This last time, it finally shut down the government and nearly brought us to the brink of defaulting on our debt.