The numbers.

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$1 trillion.

The amount that will be lost by U.S. organizations in 2008 to fraud.

--Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

$276 billion

The 2007 federal net operating cost

--Treasury Department

82 Number of countries supported by the International Development Association, the main vehicle of the World Bank used to provide interest-free loans, grants, and debt relief to any multilateral development institutions.

--Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Clay Lowery

3.3 Number of covered workers per Social Security beneficiary; that number will fall to...