| Show government is biggest employer Estate of fax payments exceed other items has become the Single force in the Utah EL According to a study by Utah the private research ag- is now the employer in Uie state the largest single con- to total personal in- In At the same spend more for than for any other single T of personal 45 or cloth- Governmental units in Utah employ one out of every persons working on jobs in the state the report to the latest there working in jobs In of i were employed by et unit of government er or the report points I that nearly one-fourth of total personal income by last year de-ti directly from government Federal state and local payments to in the form of and subsidies amounted to million during This sum was equal to of the million in total Income received by all Utah residents last For the nation as a about of all personal income was sources Recent trends indicate that Utah dependence on government has been increasing rather than The number of and local government employees rose in 1050 to in The proportion of the workforce in Utah employed by government increased from 1 m the percentage of total personal income obtained from government sources stood at 7 4 in rose to in 1940 increased to in in and ultimately to 24 J in Foundation analysts observe that this increased dependence on government in our economy has been matched by a greatly expanded tax During the fiscal year ended June paid an estimated million in local This represents an average tax load of for every and child in the or for a typical family of These estimates of the total tax burden include as well as direct Previous Foundation studies have shown that direct taxes paid by a typical family in Utah account for only one-half of the services provided by governmental The other half of the tax bill is paid by business and These business taxes are or taxes which must either become a part of the prices charged for goods and services or result in a reduction in the income to owners andor During the 1964 fiscal the total tax burden in Utah was equal to of the total personal income received by According to the Foundation this is the highest percentage that has ever been recorded in Taxes were equal to about 9 of personal income in 1960 in in and in |
