A phrase (written in uppercase) expressing absolute disdain for reducing or removing funding for charities or services.
Originally featured in the Maxis PC game "Sim City 2000", spoken by the Transportation spokesman if funding for his department was less than 100 per cent.
Originally featured in the Maxis PC game "Sim City 2000", spoken by the Transportation spokesman if funding for his department was less than 100 per cent.
Taxation spokesman: Let's raise taxes to increase funds.
Transportation spokesman: YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!
Transportation spokesman: YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!
by OzzieWanker85 October 30, 2025
Get the YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS! mug.A primitive version of what today would most likely be a "mutual fund" or similar instrument.
The origins of the term date to the stock market bubble of the Roaring Twenties, where at the peak of the frenzy individual speculators were offering just short of "$600 for radio" - in this case, not an actual AM radio receiver, but one share of stock in RCA, which was being hyped in those days as vociferously as Internet-related stocks at the turn of the millennium. A share valued at $1 or $1.50 less than a decade ago went for the equivalent of $568 before a 1:5 stock split; aviation stocks were similarly overpriced.
That was a lot of money in those days, so those who couldn't afford to buy a stock directly would collectively buy into a bucket fund and the bucket fund would buy the stock, hold it briefly, then sell it to repay the individual speculators.
Eventually the bubble burst and everyone lost their shirt.
The origins of the term date to the stock market bubble of the Roaring Twenties, where at the peak of the frenzy individual speculators were offering just short of "$600 for radio" - in this case, not an actual AM radio receiver, but one share of stock in RCA, which was being hyped in those days as vociferously as Internet-related stocks at the turn of the millennium. A share valued at $1 or $1.50 less than a decade ago went for the equivalent of $568 before a 1:5 stock split; aviation stocks were similarly overpriced.
That was a lot of money in those days, so those who couldn't afford to buy a stock directly would collectively buy into a bucket fund and the bucket fund would buy the stock, hold it briefly, then sell it to repay the individual speculators.
Eventually the bubble burst and everyone lost their shirt.
It seems that everyone these days is peddling mutual funds, exchange traded funds, funds, funds, funds. Banks, trust companies, credit unions, insurance companies... all are getting on the bandwagon and unleashing their most voracious commission salespeople. No wonder, though, as the various inscrutable offerings are a nightmare of fees - front-end loads, back-end loads, management expense ratios - to the point where the modern equivalent to a bucket fund is a leaky bucket where 2% of your life slavings may well be gone every year just in fees. Over a quarter century, that might add up to half your capital.
So basically, the leaky bucket fund with its active management has to outperform the market by 2% annually every darned year just to cover all of the bull-shovel fees. Not all of them do. It's a little like a stockbroker proudly pointing out his shiny new boat at the marina only to be asked "but where are the customer's yachts?"
So basically, the leaky bucket fund with its active management has to outperform the market by 2% annually every darned year just to cover all of the bull-shovel fees. Not all of them do. It's a little like a stockbroker proudly pointing out his shiny new boat at the marina only to be asked "but where are the customer's yachts?"
by bitchuck December 15, 2025
Get the bucket fund mug.The interest rate at which banks lend to each other overnight when the bank manager accidentally spent too much of the deposits on yachts and mansions. The Fed attempts to influence this in order to set interest rates for monetary policy, but unfortunately nobody gives a shit about what Jerome Powell thinks.
Bob illegally spent $500 million of customer deposits on luxury yachts a private island in the Bahamas. He had to borrow extra money at a Federal Funds rate of 5%, to meet the liquidity requirements.
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Get the Federal Funds Rate mug.A young attractive female who has no, or little, visible means of support, living a wealthy lifestyle through the generosity of a wealthy man. Sometimes the gifting from the man is through make work, such as handling one high dollar real estate deal so that the thrust fund recipient can live off of the commission for a long period of time.
She sells one $20M piece of real estate every year for a commission of nearly 800k - She's a thrust fund recipient.
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Originated by the Twitch community of the streamer Nadgemeister.
Originated by the Twitch community of the streamer Nadgemeister.
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Get the Flick Fund mug.Larping funds is a way of lying about funds that aren't yours. Such as if someone were to tell you to go band for band with you, and you used a picture of someone else's funds, you would be larping funds.
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