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Show 3F!l Simmlhuj Totaled $ 13,978,000 dmad County Last Year 1 t . I outlays ill Grand ' :in ilur'ms I he 1 975 fiscal v :.i r.i.,K-t SIJ.97K.UU0. This ' reported by Ulah ' I. 'iiun. die private lax ' .)! nialion. A- 'ii rlinj.; to llie Foundation .i.. h . . I i ilrral expenditures i 'i ii 1 ( nn in v last year were 1 . v'.l 50 per capita or i.it.-! -)().-l"u of tola! i nine in llie Couii-' Couii-' .iv of comparison, i i i H 1 1 l.i v s I liroiinhout llie S . : . nil v liscal 197.5 totaled I ''..()()() and were equal i . ' I ID pi-r capita or 32.2 "! n i nial income. I '- i' l .il outlays include all f'-ili :.il .peiiitillg lor salaries ' - . il .111 and military), relire-r. relire-r. ' in and other employee ln'iiclii' , federal purchases. . mil r i' I s. and construction, i .mi ,-in-aid to stale and local is, and other Federal I-..', ni 'i'i', made to institutions :i. I i III idll Ills. III. I'i Hindation study ob-s.-.-v. that Utah's share of total federal spending "has '! ' lined the past five years. :: i ween l)70 and 1975. ; - 1 1. i al out lays in Utah have 1 1 v i! I 'V :0'"li . compared with .in iiu reasc of 72"'" for the n.H'on .is a whole. Ahaoiu'.li Utah realizes a liehi "net gain" from Federal operations, the State suffers a "in I loss'' when such Federal . . pe ii il i ill res are financed eii.Mi'jti added borrowing. '.'i"M wii analysts point out ! ' I . riri-. pay out more than . ,. ! niin'h in Federal taxes in in ' i interest cost on the national debt as individuals and institutions in the Stale receive back in Federal inter-esl inter-esl payments. Thus, additions to the debt and increases in interest costs tend to take money out of the Stair. The Federal Budget for the 1976 fiscal year indicates that there will be a deficit of approximately $76 billion in this year's operations. Based on the 1975 experience, the Foundation report estimates that the net effect of this prospective deficit will be "a S12 million annual drain from individuals and business firms in Ulah." Nationally, income security payments (social security, public assistance, retirement, etc.) have surpassed national defense as the main object of Federal spending programs. Last year income security payments throughout the United Uni-ted States totaled $104.2 billion, or 31.9 of all Federal outlays. Total expenditures for national defense and international inter-national relations, on the other hand, amounted to S88.3 billion, or 27.0 of all Federal spending in fiscal 1975. In Ulah, national defense still is the largest single area of Federal activity, but it is being rapidly replaced by income security as the major area of Federal spending within the State. Between 1970 and 1975, Federal outlays in Utah for income security climbed by $287 million, or 153. During this same period. Federal spending in the Slate for national defense activities rose by only 21. The Foundation study also indicated that while Federal programs and activities may have a stimulating effect on local economies, they often prove to be liabilities to state and local government opera- tion. This is especially true in programs that create a large I increase in Federal employ-I employ-I mcnt but no corresponding ' increase in taxable wealth and income in the private sector of the economy. Studies by Utah Foundation i have shown that the typical I family in Utah pays only about one-half of the taxes needed to finance essential state and loeal services (such as schools, sewers, roads, water, police and fire protection, etc.) used by the family. The other half of the cost for such services typically is borne by the taxes paid by business and industry. I he report concludes that Federal programs which do not stimulate growth in the private sector, are likely to result in reduced local services or higher taxes to support such services. |