The Virginian-Pilot 
                            THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, September 4, 1996          TAG: 9609040002
SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A10  EDITION: FINAL  
TYPE: Letter  
                                            LENGTH:   31 lines

CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: ***************************************************************** A letter to the editor Wednesday, about tax cuts in New Jersey, originally stated that ``a married couple with two children and an income of $60,000 would save a grand total of $36 a year'' - not $367. Correction published Friday, September 6, 1996, page A16. ***************************************************************** TAX ``CUTS,'' NEW JERSEY STYLE

Don't be taken in by promises of tax cuts. New Jersey's Gov. Christy Whitman campaigned on a program to cut state taxes by 30 percent. She has partly succeeded.

As a result, auto registration went from $15 to $67.50. Due to lack of state aid, local real estate and school taxes, water and sewer rates have gone out of sight, forcing many elders to sell homes they've owned for decades.

It has been documented that a married couple with two children and an income of $60,000 would save a grand total of $367 a year. Cutting taxes may be a popular political ploy but in reality it's a suckers game.

JIM WHELAN

A former New Jersey resident

Virginia Beach, Aug. 26, 1996 by CNB