DeCROCE: THE MORE TAXPAYERS KNOW ABOUT THE DEMOCRAT PROPERTY TAX PLAN, THE LESS THEY WILL LIKE IT

 Republican Leader Says Favorable Poll Results Will Turn Around When More Homeowners Realize They Won’t Get a 20% Property Tax Cut 

             Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce said today a new Quinnipiac University Poll that recorded a 71 percent approval rating for the recently enacted 10-to-20 percent property tax cut plan is no cause for celebration.

            “Even Assembly Republicans who voted in favor it, because it was the only property tax relief plan Democrats were willing to consider, know taxpayer resentment will build when homeowners realize they won’t be getting a 20 percent tax cut – if they get any tax cut at all,� said DeCroce, R-Morris and Passaic. “I was one those who voted in favor of the proposal despite my exasperation that the Democrats blocked Republican attempts to enact a 20-to-30 percent property tax cut that would provide much needed relief to everyone.

             “Something is better than nothing, but nothing is precisely what some taxpayers will see under the Democrat plan. That’s not something to brag about. The more people learn, the more they will come to understand that what the Democrats are offering is nothing more than a short-term, unsustainable election year gimmick.�

            DeCroce said the Democrat plan does not deliver what Trenton Democrats have been promising over the past five years, which is a permanent means to actually lower property taxes. In fact, for taxpayers in 491 municipalities the average tax credit will not cover the rise they have seen in the property tax bills since Democrats gained political control and took actions that precipitated a nearly 40 percent rise in average property tax bills over the past five years, DeCroce noted.

            Under the Democrat-crafted plan, some taxpayers will see no relief at all while others will see so little relief that their property tax credit will be less than their increase in property taxes this year alone. Seniors and two-income middle class suburban and rural property taxpayers may not see any more relief than they get now under the existing rebate program.

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For more information, contact:

Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce / 973-984-0922

Assembly Republican Press Office / 609-292-5339