State Republicans say that shows last year's rebate checks were an election-year ploy.
Democrats say nothing is safe from budget cuts, given the state's dire financial outlook.
Governor Corzine has proposed giving senior citizens and households earning less than $100,000 the same amount this year. But households earning more would see thinner checks or nothing at all.
Property taxes rose 5.4 percent last year, breaking through a legislative cap meant to hold taxes down.
Homeowners pay an average of $6,800 in property taxes, or roughly twice what homeowners in most other states pay.
