Show Population Changes in Utah Create Added Tax Burdens I I Increases In the proportion o ot of children and senior citizens In Inthe Inthe inthe the population are among the major factors accounting for Cor Utah's steadily rising tax bur bur- den This conclusion was reported b by Utah Foundation the nonprofit nonprofit non- non profit tax research organization In n their current analysis of revenue revenue revenue reve reve- nue and expenditure trends In Utah According to the Foundation stud study population Increases In the he age 19 and under category and in the senior citizen age 6 65 and over group amounted td to 43 42 per er cent and 41 per cent respectively ively durl during g the 1950 decade The rise In the 20 to 64 t age ago bracket on the other hand was only about 17 per cent In the period Next to Mississippi Utah has the lowest proportions of ot persons in tax producing 64 20 age groups to total population In the entire nation Because of this changing population population population lation distribution the demand for governmental services has been Increasing while the proportion proportion proportion pro pro- portion of tax producers In the state has been declining The Thenet Thenet Thenet net result of these trends according according ac ac- ac cording to Foundation analysts is an increased ed tax burden In 1950 state and local taxes in Utah were equal to per cent of the the- states state's personal income By 1961 this percentage had risen to 1174 per cent Another important d development development develop develop- ment during recent years has been the movement of tion Uon from Crom rural areas to urban centers and from Crom large core cities to suburban areas Such population shifts according to the report have tended to accentuate accentuate accentuate ac ac- ac- ac the demand for Cor Increased In Increased in- in creased government spending Inthe in inthe inthe the fields of education highways highways highways high high- ways health sanitation and nd other urban-type urban services The Foundation report observes obserVes observes ob ob- serVes serves that these developments have lave had an important effect not only upon the level of the state end local tax burden but also on the types of gov governments services provided The proportion proportion proportion tion of stae state and anc local budgets on education for Cor example I from Crom 31 per cent In 1942 1912 to 48 per cent in 1960 According to the Foundation study the shift from state public pub pub- public lic lie to Federal Social Socia old age survivors and disability benefits has been a manor malor factor in n the relative decline decline decline de de- cline in the proportion of state and local spending for Cor public welfare in Utah In 1 1912 19 approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately 20 per cent of ot all al state and local expenditures In Utah went for public welfare excluding Federal Social iy compared with 7 per cent In 1960 The study shows that total tota payments payment's in Utah for Federal Social Security plus public as- as were 96 million in 1942 1912 rising to million In 1960 Most of f this rise is accounted accounted accounted ac ac- ac- ac counted for by the increase in Federal Social Security OAS DI p payments which rose from less than 05 million in 19 1942 2 to million in ln In 1960 Nearly two thirds two thirds of the In Increase Increase increase In- In crease in state spending during recent years year has been for increased increased increased in- in creased school aid and for an on expanded state capital outlay program the report continues Between tween 1951 53 1951 and amI nd 1959 biennial state general expenditures expend expendi- tures excluding employment security operations rose rase by million from million In n 1931 52 1931 2 to million in 1959 61 Because of these thue increased state o outlays outlay Ua primarily for j I school aid and the state bund Ing ng pro program ram expenditure have exceeded d revenues in three of the he past four For the most moat part these deficit jt were mat met by use of surpluses Mi and final Inal balance accumulated d durIng durIng dur- dur Ing ng and after World War H U when state revenue rose rooe ro sharply sharp sharp- ly y and capita outlay was waa h hold held Jd to o minimum levels |