Show TAXPAYER criticizes criticises STATE DEFICITS according to the november issue of the utah taxpayer official organ of the utah taxpayers association our state board of examiners has literally become a state board of deficits although the legislature the counties cities and towns and school districts are all prohibited by law from creating deficits the state board of examiners made up of the governor the secretary of state and the attorney general seem to have no limit placed upon them respecting the expenditures which they can authorize according to the taxpayer the deficit has trebled during the past five years and now amounts to and this Is in addition to the gross bonded of the state of over the publication then concludes that the legislature must stretch forth its hand placing limitations upon that state board the issue gives all the taxes levied by the leading cities and towns of the state also the counties for 1929 and 1930 attention Is called to the necessity for careful preparation of budgets on the part of cities and counties for 1931 urging that all public officials consider the era of depression which has fallen upon all taxpayers quoting dr wm munro 0 harvard the utah taxpayer states that 40 cents out of every tax dollar spent in the united states is wasted A formula Is then set up to overcome this waste and make every tax dollar do its duty taxpayers generally will be interest e in these observations and these important tabulations which reveal fie trends of tax expenditures in this state |