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Like the time fires raged through Gatlinburg and she just gave the families impacted $1k/month for 5 months and $5k the 6th month. no means testing, no complicated hoops, just "your life is destroyed here's some cash" resulting in another UBI experiment gone right. www.bpr.org/news/2018-12...
bpr.orgHow Dolly Parton Gave $12.5 Million And Unprecedented Research To Sevier CountyIt’s been two years since wildfires burned Western North Carolina and devastated the town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Country music superstar Dolly Parton…
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Just wrote this to help more people be aware of what she did.
scottsantens.substack.comDolly Parton Knew What People NeedHow the queen of country music gave unconditional cash to wildfire survivors — and proved basic income works
FYI for those who missed it, here's a short doc about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kInU...
youtube.comThe Great Equalizer: What Dolly Parton & a Tennessee Wildfire Can Teach About Universal Basic IncomeYouTube video by In The Mesh