41.   Unfortunately, the downgrade could make it harder for the state to sell the bonds.

42.   Under the second program, states sell bonds to finance affordable mortgages and new construction.

43.   When states sell industries to investors, job cuts and cost reductions tend to eventually push up the stocks.

44.   If stock prices rise, the state could sell the stock and use any profits to pay off the bonds.

45.   If the price were to go up, the state could sell the stock and use the profits to help pay off the bonds.

46.   If the price goes up, the state could sell the stock and use the profits to help pay off the bonds.

47.   If the price goes up, the state could sell the stock and use the profits to pay off the bonds.

48.   It would be paid back by customers and through utility stock options the state could sell if their value rebounded.

49.   States routinely have sold such information to businesses and political candidates, earning millions of dollars in revenue each year.

50.   The Alaska Department of Fish and Game sponsors the sale under a law that allows the state to sell skins and trophies as surplus goods.