NEW YORK, NY July 06, 2006 —New Jersey Assembly Democrats have put a new budget offer on the table that they hope will break the deadlock that has shutdown the state's non-essential services.

Their budget would raise taxes on some "luxury" items, but it does not call for the one percent across-the-board sales tax hike that Governor Corzine has been pushing. Corzine will address the legislature for a third straight day, on this, day six of the shutdown. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more on the economic impact the budget impasse is having.

REPORTER: Every day the state remains shuttered it looses millions of dollars in revenue at the closed casinos alone while weakening the entire state economy. Governor Corzine:

CORZINE: But the most important costs is that our public is being hurt in very real ways and it needs to stop.

REPORTER: And the impacts contiue to ripple down the line with the state now not being able to payout $4OO million already earmarked for local school districts. 3O year DYFS veteran Katherine DeNotis says the state's 45,000 furloughed workers are loosing their patience.

DENOTIS: If this continues into next week there will be no essential workers because they will be joining us down here. Assemblyman Roberts and Senator Sweeney can do the DYS calls themselves.

REPORTER: Assembly Democrats insist the Corzine sales tax hike will hit the poorest the hardest and will not back Corzine's one percent sales tax hike the Governor says is essential to correct a decade of bi-partisan fiscal mismanagemnt.