This paper studies the following system of degenerate equations-divpx∇u+qxu=αu+βv+g1x,v+h1x,x∈Ω,-div(p(x)∇v)+q(x)v=βu+αv+g2(x,u)+h2(x),x∈Ω,∂u/∂ν=∂v/∂ν=0,x∈∂Ω.HereΩ⊂Rnis a boundedC2domain, andνis the exterior normal vector on∂Ω. The coefficient functionpmay vanish inΩ¯,q∈Lr(Ω)withr>ns/(2s-n), s>n/2. We show that the eigenvalues of the operator-div(p(x)∇u)+q(x)uare discrete. Secondly, when the linear part is near resonance, we prove the existence of at least two different solutions for the above degenerate system, under suitable conditions onh1,h2,g1, andg2.