Letter: Could you live on $30,000 a year?

Dear Utah Legislators:I respectfully recommend that each of you be required to take part in a workshop where you are presented with a yearly income of $30,000 for a family of four and then asked to create a budget (at current Utah prices), dividing it up by twelve months, and determine how you would allocate the money each month for rent, electricity, heat, water, transportation, clothing, school fees, health insurance/doctor bills, child care and groceries.This is a real task for many people in