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Show u Foundation Reports 1959 Big ;r for School Road Spending was equal to 7.8 of the total personal income in the State last year. "tahns paid a total of $434 10n m taxes (Federal, state , local) during the fiscal r ended June 30, 1959, ac-, ac-, nng to a year-end review , 1 government just released by h Foundation, the private j -eminent research agency. hxes-both direct and hid-' hid-' !.took nearly 29c out of : rv dollar received by Utahns ' 'year, the study continues total tax burden was I al to more than $500 for ! -y man, woman, and chile" ding in the State, or $2,000 , an average family of four .-' j sons. j. he study points out that ' 1 went has been playing i increasingly important role the Utah economy during ' nt years. Approximately 23 of every 100 nonagricul-.l nonagricul-.l employees in Utah are v working for some unit of r rrnment either Federal, e, or local. Government is largest employer m me te The number of govern-it govern-it jobs in Utah increased "c between 1940 and 1959, ipared with a rise of only 7c in private nongovern-3t nongovern-3t employment during this ;e period. Thus, since 1940 ernment employment i n ihas been increasing at an -age rate of 5.7 per year, "pared with an average anil an-il nse of 3.9 in nongov-ment nongov-ment employment. Foundation analysts note i 1959 was a high spending J for education and high-t high-t construction in Utah. Utah ' $118.9 million for public ation (elementary and sec-tfy, sec-tfy, higher education and X ) in 1959. This amount ' |