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05-08-2013, 06:06 AM
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/347596/hip-hop-artist-lauryn-hill-blames-slavery-tax-evasion
Grammy award-winning hip-hop artist Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in federal jail on Monday for not paying taxes on three-years of earnings, and she offered a surprising explanation for her misdeeds.
In court, Hill told the judge, “I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them. I had an economic system imposed on me.” She said she planned to pay her taxes in due time, but was told citizens do not get to decide when to write a check to the IRS.
She also argued that (http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/06/showbiz/lauryn-hill-prison/index.html), given how much money her music made for others, she lives quite modestly. “Someone did the math, and it came to around $600 million,” she said. “And I sit here before you trying to figure out how to pay a tax debt? If that’s not like enough to slavery, I don’t know.”
Hey lady, welcome to the Taxpayers Club, although most of us don't pull in $1.8 million.
Grammy award-winning hip-hop artist Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in federal jail on Monday for not paying taxes on three-years of earnings, and she offered a surprising explanation for her misdeeds.
In court, Hill told the judge, “I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them. I had an economic system imposed on me.” She said she planned to pay her taxes in due time, but was told citizens do not get to decide when to write a check to the IRS.
She also argued that (http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/06/showbiz/lauryn-hill-prison/index.html), given how much money her music made for others, she lives quite modestly. “Someone did the math, and it came to around $600 million,” she said. “And I sit here before you trying to figure out how to pay a tax debt? If that’s not like enough to slavery, I don’t know.”
Hey lady, welcome to the Taxpayers Club, although most of us don't pull in $1.8 million.