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Show ployees including the sclyl The study also observes ? in addition to these governr? workers, approximately J of Utah's private manufaj ing work force is employe the missile and defense ii tries. ! The year-end summary Government prepared by f Foundation observes that u (makes a greater effor? Taxes took 32c of every dollar earned by Utahns during 1962 support public education t does any other state in United States. But Utah leads the nation in the pro tion of its population enrd in the public schools and ' leges. As a result, de Utah's high tax effort to f port education, the amour, funds available per studer below the national averagi subsidies, etc., a ' significant part of Utah's private spending is based on gevernment contracts con-tracts with private firms. According to the Foundation report nearly one out of every four persons employed in non-agricultural non-agricultural jobs in 1962 was working for some unit of government. gov-ernment. Of the 292,352 persons per-sons employed in nonagricul-tural nonagricul-tural jobs in Utah during June, 1962, a total of. 68,102 persons per-sons were working for government. govern-ment. This included 30,822 civilian civ-ilian employees of the Federal Government, 13,214 state employees, em-ployees, and 24,066 local em- Utahns paid an estimated $579 million in Federal, state and local taxes in 1962 according accord-ing to a research study just completed by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization. organ-ization. This tax total, which includes in-cludes "hidden" as well as direct taxes, is equal to $616 for every man, woman, and child residing in the state or $2,464 for an average family of four persons. Nearly 32c out of every dollar of personal income earned by individuals in the state last year went for taxes. Foundation analysts observed that Government is the largest single force in the Utah economy. econ-omy. In 1961, nearly 247r of al personal income received by individuals in Utah was derived de-rived directly from government sources. In addition to these direct government payments in the form of wages benefits, |