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Everyone dreams of becoming rich and considers ways of minting money, so much so that one may be able to live one`s entire life comfortably. Make a resolution that you will convert a big portion of your savings into investments. The simplest way to get rich is to save a part of your hard earned money first and make investments from the savings. Savings are an indispensable element of every one`s life. Here`s Robert Allen`s take on the subject: There are two meanings for the word save: (1) To pay less for your purchases, as in `Safeway saves you more!...

SACRAMENTO - Voters may not face another round of huge public works bonds in two years, as originally planned, according to state officials who gathered Tuesday to eye effective use of a $37 billion bond package approved last month. While acknowledging the measures as a down payment on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's $200 billion infrastructure repair and construction plan, legislative representatives said there may not be a need for another transportation bond proposal as soon as 2008. The $20 billion transportation bond voters approved Nov. 7 -- together with a voter-approved measure that ensures gasoline taxes earmarked for use on roads...

<p>In Gov. Gray Davis' first term, tax revenues were flowing into Sacramento faster than anyone could have predicted. The state's fiscal drought was over, replaced by a flash flood of cash.</p> <p>And the Davis administration, backed by the Legislature, was quick to spend the money on favored programs, including public education, unclogging highways, health care for the poor, home support for the elderly, and prisons -- and accelerate a planned cut in vehicle license fees.</p>