Singer Lauryn Hill Blames Slavery For Not Paying Her Taxes
It never ends does it?
http://hiphopwired.com/2013/05/08/la...es-on-slavery/ “I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them,” the New Jersey native told U.S. Magistrate Madeline Cox Arleo.“I had an economic system imposed on me. Someone did the math, and it came to around $600 million. And I sit here before you trying to figure out how to pay a tax debt?” |
she dumb
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They exist on both sides; people that want to blame the other side for their troubles. I was a little shocked back when I was younger when I found out how big of a whitey hater she was, but obviously she hasn't changed.
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JFC.
Kill her |
well .....
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when keeping it real goes wrong.
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YESSSSS ANOTHER CP RACE THREAD
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She was never rich enough for tax evasion. Kinda arrogant of her to think that she was.
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Where does the 600 million come from? Is that what she owes or is that a reparations credit?
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She got more money than me. "Hill made a last-minute $900,000 payment to IRS one day ahead of Monday's (May 6) court date, but her failure to cover interest and penalties resulted in a three-month prison sentence." |
In her defense. ...she is bat shit crazy lol
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She comes from an upper middle class home too..it's always those types who end up beimg radicals in life.
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say what you want about that side of her - but her voice on the mic via the R&B avenue - she's breathtaking.
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Still a stupid thing to say.
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Her and Kanye....writing checks their talent can't cash.
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when the first Fugees came out - that was a very nice sound - and Wyclef Jean is no slouch either. They had a sound entirely of their own. Trouble is they couldn't hold it together as a group.
The album brings back some excellent memories. |
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AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT!
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Talented artist, but damn, she's ****ed up. Didn't she basically turn into a hermit after her first album?
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I bought Lauryn Hill's tape so her kids could starve
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LMAO ROFL LMAO
This is why stereotypes will never die. Ridiculous. |
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so even after all my logic and my theory, I add a "motha****a" so the ignorant *people hear me.
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Miseducated.
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She should use it for other things.
"I'm a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them. I had a speed limit imposed on me. Someone did the math and it came out that I was going 70 in a 55. And I sit before you trying to figure out how to pay a speeding ticket?" |
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She sucks so I am not surprised after watch those couple of songs that got posted that her music sucks as well.
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C*nt
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I love how everybody is acting like she's a hardened criminal.
But the really wealthy have evaded taxes for a long time. The wealthy don't pay taxes, period. But since foxnews tells you that it is good for 'Murica for the rich to not pay taxes, you believe it and shrug it off. |
I don't think it's the assumption that she's a hardened criminal. But if you are going to sit here and enjoy the fruits the of American dream by making millions, pay your taxes.
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ninjas gonna ninja
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what a load of shit, that she would play the Race Card to get out of paying taxes...just because the bitch is broke, and she hasn't had a hit since 2001...get over yourself bitch
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A person like Lauren Hill doesn't pay her taxes, stupid as it may be, everybody acts like shes a criminal. makes sense. I'm not defending her. But the irony is funny. |
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they pay, even though some have either figured out how to get around the system or pay people to look the other way in much the same way, some poor have figured out how to get around the system and not pay taxes |
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am I missing something here how do rich people not pay taxes
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Actually, the rich pay a higher percentage of the taxes every year. While the poor, typically get more back then they pay in. Which is absolutely crazy to me.
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The reason the rich get richer is because they use tax loop holes and strategy to avoid paying taxes. They hire tax attorneys to investigate this shit. It's all legal. Lauryn Hill just said **** it I ain't paying. Or she didn't an accountant that was smart enough to figure this shit out. Same thing happened to Willie Nelson and Mike Tyson. The problem I have with her statement is that she's playing the race card whenever convenient. There are two types of people. Those who plan and those who fail to plan. She's reactive not proactive. |
PREFACE: I do not agree with Lauryn Hill's reparations excuse for not paying taxes, HOWEVER...
I think the average (white) citizens of our society sometimes lack perspective when it comes to the history of African Americans in our country. 1787: the Constitution of the United States is drafted. The 3/5 Compromise declares that black slaves are considered 3/5 of a person to help bolster voting bloc in southern US. 1870: 15th amendment passes giving blacks citizenship/right to vote. *This means that less than 150 (only 5 generations ago) years ago blacks WERE NOT EVEN CONSIDERED PEOPLE BY OUR CONSTITUTION (they were 3/5 of a person - which is insanely dehumanizing, dudes). 1880s - 1960s: Much of the United States is hell-bent on keeping blacks out of mainstream society. Jim Crow laws are adopted, Plessy v Ferguson (separate but equal) rules, Ku Klux Klan forms up, etc. WE ARE ONLY TWO GENERATIONS REMOVED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT (many of us were raised by parents who were raised in a systematically [and socially accepted] racist world). If you don't believe that blacks have been systematically disadvantaged throughout the VAST majority of our nation's history then you do not know your history. It takes time to overcome all of those things. Racism is still alive and well in our country (as has been repeatedly proven on this board). We have come a long way as a society, but there are still a lot of demons from our nation's past that need to be exorcised. |
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What does this have to do with Lauren Hill not paying taxes? |
Seize her house and ship her back to her homeland. Seems like the only fair thing to do.
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I just wanted to halt the ChiefsPlanetBigotTrain before it really started to pick up steam again.. |
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Meanwhile, approximately 47% of America's lowest income earners don't pay taxes at all. You may think that the rich should have to pay a greater share of their income - fine, whatever. But the bottom line is that the rich essentially subsidize 2/3 of this government. The middle class handles about 30% of it and 1/2 the country doesn't do jack shit to carry their burden. Ignorance like yours is why we can't have a serious discussion about anything in this country. |
Never heard of her.
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sad. |
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this has nothing to do with the subject at hand. I doubt very much you've said anything here that we don't all know. white people know about slavery too. your post just doesn't have anything to do with Lauren Hill being a total ****ing reerun trying to use slavery as a reason. what a stupid stupid stupid bitch. |
i don't think she should be going to jail for 3 months for interest
That said ... she's an annoying bitch who probably told everyone involved to **** off until the last minute. Enjoy prison. |
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I'm not sure what the point is with this argument. |
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Like I said, there are arguments to be made that the rich should pay more. I don't necessarily agree with them, but they certainly exist. But the idea that they simply don't pay is asinine. On a volume basis, it's the wealthiest earners in this country that fund the government. |
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Somebody needs to tell her that even Obama pays his taxes...
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