11mo ago

TIL Leona Helmsley was a real piece of shit

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Leona Helmsley - Wikipedia

During the trial, a former housekeeper testified that she had heard Helmsley say: "We don't pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes", a quote which was identified with her for the rest of her life.

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Shitty thing to say, but true. The rich don’t pay their share of taxes. That’s left for us “little people” to pay.
- I have much more respect for an honest cunt than I do for a deceitful one.
  
  That's like preferring a rabid grizzly bear that mauls the shit out of you over Malaria.
On March 31, 1982, Helmsley's only child, Jay Panzirer, died of a heart attack resulting from arrhythmia.[19]: 208 Her son's widow, who lived in a property that Helmsley owned, received an eviction notice shortly after his funeral. Helmsley successfully sued her son's estate for money and property that she claimed he had borrowed, and she was ultimately awarded $146,092
ouch. what a see-you-next-tuesday
- Shame if there was a huge mold/rat issue that happened before the eviction
Who?
- Apparently Trump's real estate rival and friend of the Hilton's
- ~~Anti gay crusader from the 1970s and~~ all around piece of work.
  Edit: mixed her up with Anita Baker.
  
  Anita Bryant. Anita Baker is innocent and awesome!
  
  Anita Baker is the R&B singer lol
  Come on, you're so close!
Most, if not all businesspeople are
- It takes a certain level psychopathy and/or sociopathy to be really successful in business. You have to be willing to do truly horrible and despicable things in order to make shit tons of money.
  
  Which is why good billionaires is a myth!
That's a name I've not heard in a long time...a long time.
- A long time.
  
  It’s my special stick!
  
  "I haven't had to bake for a girl in a long time...a long time."
They did call her the "Queen of Mean." She was an unrepentant asshole in her own time.
I only know who this twat is from Loaded Weapon 1 and MST3K the Movie.

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