Pages in the federal tax code in 1913: 400
Pages in the federal tax code today: 67,204
Number of tax refunds handed out by the IRS in 2006: 61.66 million
Amount in tax refunds paid out by the IRS in 2006: $144.513 billion
Average refund: $2,344
Amount Ford Motors CEO Alan Mulally was paid for his first four months on the job: $28 million
His hourly wage, assuming a 40-hour workweek: $43,750
Signing bonus given to Mulally: $7.5 million
Relocation costs given to Mulally: $55,469
Net loss posted by Ford in 2006: $12.7 billion
Number of Ford employees who recently accepted buyouts: 38,000
