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Soldier of Fortune wrote on Nov 16, 2009 3:08 PM:

" What really needs to hit DC is the money.

Think about it. At just minimum wage, calculate that number by the number of those affected by DV.

We will round off $8.oo hr x 10,000 =
Alaska = $80,000.oo hour we lose...

Add the other 49 states at the same #
and that comes to $ 41,600,000.oo hour
our Nation loses to domestic-violence.

How much would that be daily?

$ 998,400,000.oo per day to DV...

What can we do to get these wages in our nations economy? "




Guest wrote on Nov 5, 2009 1:12 PM:

" The real issue stems from the State and the Court System. Also the whole gamete is affected by federal funding and the inability of the court system to enforce the law. I have been in the system for 16 yrs and quickly discovered it is all a game and if you desire to survive one has to be their own advocate. The Court Supervisors hide behind the corporate veil and refuse to see the light since compliance would impact their positions. The real issue is the Court Systems uses our kids as pawns to instigate DV between "




Be part of the solution wrote on Nov 5, 2009 8:07 AM:

" Domestic violence can take the form of financial, mental, and physical abuse. DV happens when one partner is in control over the other. The partner receiving the violence has low self esteem and doesn't believe they can remove themselves from their situation.
Listen carefully to your friends. Be supportive and encourage them to consider alternatives. Our community has safe houses and many avenues to assist these victims. Not only are partners victims but in most cases there are children involved. Our police deals with DV everyday. "




lee wrote on Nov 5, 2009 7:41 AM:

" as soon as the state ends the one sided domestic violence policies and procedures then maybe the issues at hand will go away, but since regardless of who or what under procedures the man will always be removed as per "Policies" then no issues have been resolved since 45-50% of domestic violence situations were in fact women as the agressive perpetrator "




alaskaveritas wrote on Nov 3, 2009 5:02 PM:

" Thank you for your letter. I also believe that law enforcement, social services, educators, church organizations, etc. also need to assist and teach pricniples to assist people in not becoming a victim of domestic violence.

Education needs to be a inseparable component of any solution to combat domestic violence. "