Helmsley Hotel

Leona Helmsley, the "Queen of Mean" who ran the Helmsley real estate empire, was interviewed on national television and said she did not pay taxes, " that's for the little people."

Remark stirred an uproar and she was sent to jail for tax evasion...

Today, she is probably a heroine to the Tea Party types
as a "job creator" who would see nothing wrong with her paying no taxes, as many big corporations do not these days, either.