It is my absolute intent to hold the line on taxes.

Corzine had lived with his wife in Summit. New Jersey had averaged $5500 in 2004 property taxes and Corzine tried to link his opponent to Bush. Peter Woolley director of the PublicMind noted "the numbers are pretty good for a New Jersey governor heading full tilt into an unprecedented budget crisis".

S. Corzine began his career in banking and finance. a financial services firm specializing in futures brokerage.