Quote of the Day — Jean de La Fontaine
December 11, 2019
By the work, one knows the workman. — Jean de La Fontaine
1621–1695
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1621–1695
Jean de La Fontaine was born on July 8, 1621, in Chateau-Thierry, a small town in the Champagne region of northern France. His father, Charles de La Fontaine, held the respectable office of Master of Waters and Forests, a position that oversaw the management of local woodlands and waterways. The elder La Fontaine was a man of modest standing in the provincial bourgeoisie, and the family’s connection to the natural world would profoundly shape the younger La Fontaine’s literary imagination. Growing up amid the fields, forests, and streams of the French countryside, the future fabulist developed an intimate familiarity with…
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The 17th-century French fabulist Jean de La Fontaine’s timeless observation about judging people by their actions anchored the December 11, 2019 broadcast on forced family leave and minimum wage mandates. Patti Kurgan exposed the hidden costs of Colorado’s proposed FAMLI paid family leave program and how government mandates undermine the employer-employee relationship, while Susan Kochevar warned that mandatory paid family leave would double labor costs and crush small businesses.
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Fabulist
A composer of fables; a storyteller who creates allegorical tales, often featuring animals or inanimate objects, to teach moral lessons.…
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How Forced Family Leave and Minimum Wage Mandates Threaten Colorado Small Business
Susan Kochevar and Patti Kurgan expose the hidden costs of FAMLI legislation and forced minimum wage on Colorado employers. December 11, 2019.
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