Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-10-29 | Page 4 | Reducing Government Spending Isn't Easy

$913.000 last year. Next la public relief re-lief with $7,719,000, followed by district schools with $7,299,000. Ths general fund, which finances general stats operations oper-ations and higher educational institutions, institu-tions, expended $9,898,0001 Ths reserve building fund spent $2,381,000 and there was $1,790,000 expended for welfare institutions in-stitutions (mental and tuberculosis hospitals) hos-pitals) industrial school and training school). Various special fund expenditures expendi-tures totaled $979,000. Of course a far mors detailed breakdown break-down of stats speeding is required before any real attempt eould bs made at economy. econ-omy. But ths broad dJvisioa doss em-pbssiss em-pbssiss one significant point that roada. schools sad relief take mors thaa two-thirds of ths Utah tax dollar. If wa are going to make any major cuts in Utah's taxes, ws must reduce spending ia on or mors of these Items which won't bs sasy. It'a as trick to add to the government govern-ment spending total, but it takes quits a magician to cut it down ones we hsvs gottea into ths spending habit Reducing Government Spending Isn't Easy Citizens of Utah generally feel they are pretty heavily taxed snd eoaipari-aoa eoaipari-aoa of the tax burden ia this stats with that la .ether western states proves they are right But merely believing or knowing know-ing the tax burden is heavy and grumbling grum-bling about it, does little good. The only way to get any relief is to reduce state spending. And If that is to be dons, taxpayers must first know where their tax money ia being spent. This year they will have that information. When Utahns receive forms for reporting their state income tax they also will receive chart showing how the state tax dollar dol-lar Is spent. - The chart win show that the biggest tawi of Utah taxes goes for highways.