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Imagine if you started using a friend's address in Canada to avoid paying U.S. taxes. You kept your house in Warren, sent your kids to Jefferson Elementary, used the Warren Public Library and relied on the police to keep you safe. But instead of paying taxes here like your neighbors you sent a lesser amount to Canada.

Each year, more than 1,500 children across the country die as a result of abuse and neglect. This month, the U.S. Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities met in Detroit as part of a multi-state fact-finding mission to develop a national strategy for reducing these tragedies.

The commission, established by Congress through the "Protect Our Kids Act of 2012," is charged with studying the scope of the problem, identifying what works to protect these kids, and reviewing the impact of current federal and state policy and funding on this problem.