Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171217:08:58:00
>> and as far as we can say that the '80s was a period of hedonism and excess, the end of the decade was the hangover. >> it's more like the rich are taking a tumble now. >> leona and harry helmsley were treated as criminals, booked for tax evasion and extortion, charging that they renovated their $11 million estate and wrote the cost off as a business experience. >> a former housekeeper said mrs. helmsley told her, we don't pay taxes, only little people pay taxes. she was sentenced to four years in prison, given a $7 million fine and ordered to serve 750 hours of community service. for some, ...