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AARP New Jersey Believes that Continuing to Restrict Funding for Senior Property-Tax Relief Is a Bad Idea
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(OPEN):
THE PROPOSED NEW JERSEY STATE-BUDGET RESTRICTS FUNDING FOR SENIOR
PROPERTY-TAX RELIEF, FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. A-A-R-P
NEW JERSEY STATE-DIRECTOR, JIM DIETERLE ["DEET-ER-LEE"],
SAYS THAT WOULD BE A BAD IDEA...
(DIETERLE):
"DESPITE INCREASING PROPERTY-TAXES, THE PROPOSED
STATE-BUDGET REDUCES FUNDING-LEVELS FOR THE 'SENIOR PROPERTY-TAX FREEZE'
FOR LOWER-INCOME SENIORS. WHILE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GETTING
REBATES WILL CONTINUE TO GET SOME RELIEF, THE AMOUNT WILL NOT
INCLUDE THE PROPERTY-TAX INCREASES [THAT] THEY SUFFERED IN 2009 AND
2010. EVEN WORSE, THE PROPOSED BUDGET CONTINUES TO STOP ANY NEWLY
ELIGIBLE SENIORS FROM ENTERING THE PROGRAM--AND DOES LITTLE TO RESTORE
THE HOMESTEAD-REBATE CREDIT THAT WAS DRASTICALLY CUT LAST YEAR."
(BRIDGE):
AMONG THOSE WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THESE CONTINUED
BUDGET-RESTRICTIONS IS RUTHANN WOHLFORTH [AS IN "WALL"],
OF OCEAN VIEW...
(WOHLFORTH):
"NEW JERSEY ALREADY HAS THE HIGHEST PROPERTY-TAXES
IN THE NATION--AS WELL AS THE THIRD-HIGHEST COST-OF-LIVING, ESPECIALLY
FOR HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE. ALSO, MORE THAN 300-THOUSAND OF THE
STATE'S SOCIAL-SECURITY BENEFICIARIES--INCLUDING MYSELF--RELY ON THEIR
BENEFIT FOR AT LEAST 90-PERCENT OF THEIR INCOME. RIGHT NOW, I'M
BARELY ABLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AND, WITHOUT FULL FUNDING OF THE
'PROPERTY TAX REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM', I WILL LOSE MY
HOME--THE HOME THAT MY FATHER BUILT; THE HOME [THAT] I'VE LIVED IN FOR
SO MANY YEARS."
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"A-A-R-P"-DOT-ORG-SLASH-"N-J".
