Property developer and CEO Tim Gurner: “We need to see unemployment rise. Unemployment has to jump 40, 50 percent in my view. We need to see pain in the economy. We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around.”

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    He is a fucking Property Developer. That is the definition of someone who doesn’t actually do any real work.

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    For everyone saying “A 50% increase in unemployment would only take us from 3.8% to 5.7%, that’s not bad” keep in mind that 37,000 people die for every 1% increase in unemployment. This man is essentially wishing for the deaths of 70,000 americans.

    Edit: just realized he’s probably talking about Australia from his accent. Not sure about the numbers for Australia on unemployment deaths, but I imagine the point should still stand.

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      keep in mind that 37,000 people die for every 1% increase in unemployment. This man is essentially wishing for the deaths of 70,000 americans.

      Wait really? How?

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        Economic instability has been found to increase overall mortality, infant deaths, fatalities from cardiovascular disease, cirrhosis, suicide, and homicide as well as morbidities, alcoholism and admissions to mental hospitals. M Harvey Brenner has publications studying the phenomenon going all the way back to the 50s if you’re interested in the scientific literature.

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      37,000 people die for every 1% increase in unemployment

      This is a made up figure from the movie The Big Short, it isn’t an actual figure, lmao.

      Also, this is about Australia.

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    Tim is literally a freeloader making money off of other people’s labor… scum. . .

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    This is the “Millenials eat too much avocado toast” guy. He lives on rage bait and generating headlines.

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      Baseball bats are easier to explain. Just keep a glove and a baseball next to one in your backseat or trunk. “Yeah officer, I like to go play down at the park with my friends.”

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    If unemployment hits 40%, there would actually be a revolution (lib, fash, or real). Even this bozo gotta know that. Like, HALF of everyone who wants to work being out of work??? It would be society rending. The Great Depression “only” hit 25%. 40-50% would be actually insane.

    So… critical support to Tim Gurner thought?

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    While the guy is an asshole, your title is grade A bullshit and a warping of his actual words.

    He said a jump of 40-50%, meaning that if there’s 5% unemployment, he wants to push it to 7,5%.

    His whole talk is horrible and disgusting enough without you misrepresenting it.