1.   For three years, Kevin Furr watched his retirement savings go next to nowhere in a mutual fund.

2.   A Democratic attempt to send the bill back to committee to add language guaranteeing that the savings would go to consumers failed on a party-line vote.

3.   But just as the mayor had urged, the savings are going back to the schools, board officials said.

4.   Democrats want to spend the extra cash on government programs, while Republicans argue that the savings should go toward tax relief.

5.   Government officials said the savings will go into law enforcement and economic development, but they concede that the policy is unpopular among coca farmers.

6.   Interest rates on corporate debt have declined, and the savings have gone into profits.

7.   No one whose livelihood depends on movies or television knows whether Hollywood will go dark this summer and his savings go dry.

8.   Savings have gone up in smoke, or are trapped in banks that have closed down indefinitely.

9.   The savings is going into bond payments.