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Panich52

(5,829 posts)
Fri Jul 17, 2015, 01:46 PM Jul 2015

Alaska's oil economy jeopardizes credit rating

Alaska Dispatch News

Alaska needs new revenues in addition to budget cuts, says credit ratings agency
  
Alaska's stellar credit ratings could be in jeopardy if oil prices remain low and the state fails to act to address its financial situation, major credit ratings agency Moody's said Thursday.

Economy | Pat Forgey
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http://www.adn.com/article/20150717/alaska-needs-new-revenues-addition-budget-cuts-says-credit-ratings-agency

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Alaska's oil economy jeopardizes credit rating (Original Post) Panich52 Jul 2015 OP
Um, maybe they could stop paying people to live there? KamaAina Jul 2015 #1
We'll be just fine. Blue_In_AK Jul 2015 #2

Blue_In_AK

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2. We'll be just fine.
Fri Jul 17, 2015, 04:13 PM
Jul 2015

I personally would be happy if the Big Oil companies would pick up their toys and go home and take all their right-wing Texas minions with them.

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