Show Federal Federa outlays totaled in Uintah County last year Federal outlays In Uintah County totaled during the 1973 fiscal Ciscal year This fact was reported by Utah Foundation the private research organization in an analysis of oC the Impact of oC Government on the Utah Economy FEDERAL OUTLAYS Include Include In In- clude dude all Federal spending for Cor salaries civilian and military retirement and other employee benefits Federal purchases and contracts in grants to state and local units and other Federal payments to institutions and individuals The Federal expenditure total is equal to 1109 for every man woman and child residing in Uintah County and is the equivalent of oC percent of the total personal income of oC all inhabitants of the county By comparison total Federal outlays throughout the state last year amounted to and were equal to 1326 per capita The Foundation Foundation Foundation Foun Foun- dation notes that this was the equivalent of ot 34 percent of oC the thesta sta states stales tes te's total personal Income When state and local spending is included total outlays by all governmental units in Utah are equivalent to nearly 49 percent of the total personal income received by individuals in the state FEDERAL OUTLAYS YS made in Utah were not without substantial cost cast to residents of the State According to the study Utah's share of the taxes required to fund Cund total Federal outlays in fiscal 1973 amounted to Foundation analysts emphasize that the individual and business firms which paid the taxes to finance the various Federal programs may not necessarily be the same ones benefiting from the Federal activity Moreover there are widely differing viewpoints regarding the desirability of some of the Federal programs Furthermore different spending spending spending spen spen- ding priorities might have been established if the expenditure decisions had been made locally and financed from Crom state local or private funds rather than Federal revenues ALTOGETHER a total of oC 1186 separate spending programs administered by 55 different I Federal l leral agencies were operating throughout the United States last j year ear Outlays were made In Utah through of these programs which were administered by 33 of the Federal agencies National defense and international relations accounted accounted accounted ac ac- ac- ac counted for Cor million or percent of all Federal spending in Utah last year According to the Foundation income security payments social security retirement benefits public assistance social services etc the next larges Federal outlay in the state were equal to million or 23 percent of the total IN ADDITION to Federal outlays of 1515 million state and local units in Utah expended an estimated million from Crom their own funds in fiscal 1973 Thus total outlays by all governmental units Federal State and local in Utah amounted to last year This sum is equivalent to percent of all personal income received by individuals throughout the thesta sta state te One out of oC every three persons in Utah derives a major part of his livelihood directly from government payments and many others are Indirectly dependent upon government According to the Foundation report at least Individuals individuals individuals in In- in Utah receive all or ora ora ora a major part of their support from Crom public funds Included in inthis inthis inthis this group are government employees Federal State Stale and local loea social security beneficiaries public assistance recipients persons receiving veterans benefits public service and individuals in other categories |