Talk:Castle Mane-ia/@comment-8824634-20131130165810/@comment-53539-20131201121724

Twlight's the same.

And due to the fact every pony in equestria ends up following their own destiny, some might ant anything else. Also, the trouble with just handing out riches to people is that if you give out to one person, everyone wants some of the charity money too. You end up with nothing to back other projects that may come up in the future. I.e.e; say a natural disaster wipes out a towns building leaving the government to rebuild the town...

Also the other thing with the banks and the last recession we just had was that giving money to "save" the banks did diddly squat. Within hours of slashing of "saving" them they were back in the red. Heck, one bank spent the recovery money on a jet to fly the executives of the company around. This is the other issue with just handing money around instead of giving the person the chance to earn it. I've seen it happen, you give someone £100 - they spend £100, then want more once they've lost it. There is a reason for the phrase "easy come, easy go" existing.

I doubt Celestia deliberately keeps the poor ponies in poverty, its just the kingdoms treasury has to cater for everypony, not just one family. this is how any government works, not just monarchy.

Also, Pinkie's family are rock farmers, this doesn't necessary mean their poor at all. They work on a rock farm day in and day out, doing a job nobody else will - which is the point, her family does the job no one else will. And they did it because the parents realized their destiny was the rock farm and what they enjoy doing, its all in the cutie marks remember. Some people naturally like doing jobs that others consider boring.

In contrast Pinkie realized her destiny was elsewhere and she enjoyed making others smile, so she choose to leave the rock farm. Pinkie spends her entire life working for the Cake's, and throws parties often - she could well be poorer then her parents because she spends money buying party things, but is happy none the less about the life she has chosen. At least Pinkie's parents would be pouring their funds back into the farm like Applejack's family does.

This is how equesteria works, ponies at a young age realize their destiny and live the rest of their lives wanting nothing but what they've decided to do in life. They don't change from doing one job to another, they focus on what their best at. Thats why gaining a cutie mark is so important for young ponies, it means they are fulfilled in life, their purpose is found. And it can be for ANYthing. So a rich ponies family could end up with a foal who ends up doing a job normally a poor family might do, or something from a poor family could end up doing a job that normally a richer pony family might handle.