Show Governments Supply Locally How big a part do govern- govern nent Federal dollars state and md play local in the financial affairs of Davis County residents residents residents res res- How much of their personal inco income a comes from L L these sources r J J BASED upon stat state state-by-state state by analysis by the Tax Foundation Foundation Foundation Foun Foun- dation of data recently released released released re re- re- re leased by the U. U S. S Office of Business Economics about percent of each dollar of income in Davis County's area is from public funds it came to approximately 1969 after taxes ft n taxes n. n r. r Taken into account in the study were payments of wages and salaries to people on government payrolls the amounts going to those re re- re- re social security benefits benefits benefits bene bene- fits and outlays for unemployment unemployment unemployment compensation pensions interest and public assistance r r r. r 1 t r j FOR Davis County applying f the state average locally the cents consists of cents received from from- the from the Federal and from state and local agencies Throughout the United States as a whole cents of every dollar of personal items received by Americans comes in the form of government government government govern govern- ment checks the Tax Foundation Foundation Foundation Foun Foun- dation shows In the Rocky Mountain States the average is cents THE total amount obtained from government sources during the year via payrolls pensions and the like added up to billion Of this sum over 93 billion came from Washington Washing Washing- ton and the other 68 billion from state and local govern- govern ments I ISOME SOME communities get an exceptionally high proportion of their income from these sources it is noted due to greater amount of public employment employment employment em em- in their area or due to a high concentration of retired people The ratio of government payments to personal items income was highest percent in the District of Columbia because of the many Federal employees there Alaska with wilh percent percent percent per per- cent was next STATE and local contributions contributions contributions con con- to personal income were lowest in New Hamp Harrip- shire 71 percent and highest in New Mexico percent With government payrolls on the rise and social security and other benefits expanding public funds are becoming an increasing ever-increasing source of personal income |