I do feel some amusement over Filthy being treated like he was ‘big business’. Everyone seems to forget that this guy runs the local general store. Yes, he does well, but I strongly suspect the Apples and some of the other larger local farmers have more money than him. Thing is, their money is in land, equipment, and their animals, all of which require expensive upkeep, while Filthy’s money is in pure cash.

I read a comment about his cousin, Dubiously. They should totally create him.

Continuity error… He hates being called Filthy in the show. Why do the comics blatantly ignore the show?

I think we all know who this guy reminds us off

LOL!!!  
dream on!

@Ardashir  
A small loan of a million bits from his father.

I’d love to know how Filthy plans to pay for all these grand promises he’s making.

@Ardashir  
Oh that’s right my Grandpa told me about that once; yeah, you have every right to be pissed off.

@President of the Ohio  
I wasn’t talking a presidential election, I was talking the way they brought legalized gambling into Pennsylvania/the Lehigh Valley, promising that it would bring in tons of cash and everyone’s problems would be solved. Guess what? It didn’t happen.
 
(Warning: I’ll be getting a little ranty from this point, folks).
 
The vote held to bring gambling in seem kinda wonky too. Every poll held beforehand showed that a large majority of citizens were against it, yet somehow it passed with a massive majority. It was one of the biggest voter turnouts in years, some would say suspiciously so.
 
The Bethlehem police chief, who’d started out as a cop in a casino town out west, warned local pols that they’d need ten times as many officers to handle things when the casinos opened. Their response was that “That won’t be a problem here, because reasons”. And when the crime rate spiked the way they’d been warned? “Well, someone should have told us!”
 
The arrangement was that the MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in casino tax revenue would only be spent on smaller towns. Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Harrisburg would never see a dime, it would all be spent on the towns that needed the money. Schools and public libraries would have more funds than they’d ever seen. Civic improvement would be astounding. Everyone would eat strawberries and cream forever. Blah-blah-blah.
 
Hey, they promised and everything!
 
When the casinos opened? We learned that the projected profits for the next twenty years had already been spent by Harrisburg and Philly.
 
And then the recession hit and the casinos weren’t making the money they were ‘supposed’ to make. So it’ll be more like 30-40 years before any of the smaller towns get the money they were promised. But hey, this time the pols totally mean it. For realsies!
 
The whole thing still makes me furious.

@Ardashir  
I remember that topic from years ago but I forget which Presidential election it was; maybe 2008?

At least he’s not talking about how legalized gambling and casinos will solve everyone’s problems. Or promising that Canterlot and Manehattan will never eeeeevvver spend any of the casino tax revenues.

Fluttershy totally a green party voter.

@PonyPon  

 
Fix’d! ;)

what do you know he is a politician, empty promises and saying a whole lot of nothing

@Animegx43  
Yeah, between the lines, he’s not being a jerk, he just thinks he can offer Ponyville more. No animosity towards Mayor Mare.

@Animegx43  
Nothing he’s saying is particularly unkind here.
 
But I do think the idea of a big business man being reasonable is too much for them to keep up for very long.

Is it me, or have they retcon the nice guy he was in season 2?

Guy dreams big, I’ll give him that.