[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im on old route 66 in central illinois. Im heading to the small farming town of lincoln, where the strangest of inheritance stories unfolded. On a monday morning in july 2012, farmer bob pharis heads out to mow hay on some land he leases from an old friend named ray fulk. And it was very uncommon for ray not to come out and talk to me. And then i smelled something. I happened to look over and the bin door was open and that was not a good sign. I just went over there, and then i found him. And then i called 911 and. The county coroner, acting on info from a neighbor, contacts attorney don behle to inform him his 71year old client has died of heart failure. Behle cannot even remember fulk. I hadnt seen him in 15 years, and so i had no idea who theyre talking about. How strange is it that were here right now talking to you about this guy you barely remember . [ laughs ] its very strange. Don checks his files and realizes he indeed worked with someon
Help making sure that their ducks are in a row . These are the things that we are trying to talk about today, when we talk about things like longterm care and family care. And the other point when someone in your family get sick, you should not have to worry about, will i get paid today . We need to talk about a serious paid family medical leave that if your child gets sick or your grandmother falls that you can take some time off to make sure they are ok emotionally, that they are ok physically and that they are ok mentally. And that you shouldnt have to lose your pay or your job to do these simple acts. And that is what we want to do when we talk about paid family leave. All of these things are encompassed in what we like to call the caring economy. The caring economy guarantees every Single Person in this country is respected no matter what. We dont talk about the folks folks that are getting those services. We also talk about the folks that are providing those services. Heres the t
Issue. The question of what do we do for folks that need longterm care . Folks that need longterm care . What do we do about our seniors that want to live at home but they need a little bit of help making sure they are in a row . These are the things we are trying to talk about today when we talk about things like longterm care. The other point. When someone in your family get worryou shouldnt have to about will i get paid today . We need serious paid family medical leave that if your child gets sick, you can take some time off to make sure they are ok emotionally, physically, and mentally. You shouldnt have to lose your pay or your job to do these simple acts. Areof these things encompassed in what we like to call the caring economy. Guaranteeseconomy every Single Person in this country is respect no matter what. We dont talk about the folks that are getting those services. That arebout the folks providing those services. You cannot automate the human touch. You cannot automate the ca
This is a serious question we have to address. Panelists today that will talk about this specific issue. The question of what do we do for folks that need longterm care . What do we do about our seniors that want to live at home but they need a little bit of help making sure they are in a row . These are the things we are trying to talk about today when we talk about things like longterm care. The other point. When someone in your family get worryou shouldnt have to about will i get paid today . We need serious paid family medical leave that if your child gets sick, you can take some time off to make sure they are ok emotionally, physically, and mentally. You shouldnt have to lose your pay or your job to do these simple acts. Areof these things encompassed in what we like to call the caring economy. Guaranteeseconomy every Single Person in this country is respect no matter what. We dont talk about the folks that are getting those services. That arebout the folks providing those service
Trying to talk about today when we talk about things like longterm care and family care. And the other point, when someone in your family get sick you shouldnt have to worry about will i get paid today . We need serious paid family medical leave that if your child gets sick, you can take some time off to make sure they are ok emotionally, physically, and mentally. You shouldnt have to lose your pay or your job to do these simple acts. Thats what we want to do when we talk about paid family leave. All of these things are encompassed in what we like to call the caring economy. The caring economy guarantees every Single Person in this country is respect no matter what. We dont talk about the folks that are getting those services. We are also talking about the folks that are providing those services. You cannot automate the human touch. You cannot automate the care a senior needs, that just will not happen. The question we have to ask ourselves is if we respect our seniors and elders and k