Twilight will pay dearly.

That right miss use your magic

(uses magic to unzip mouth)
 
“BEETLEJUICE!!!”
 
(long silence)
 
“….uh, I mean BUCK YOU, TWILIGHT!”

Looks at Twi’s new castle.  
Looks at the pile of broken lumber that is still the closest Trixie has to a home.
 
Best not ask about which job gets the better home owner’s insurance ;)

@HighRollerHydra
 
I still say that that was basically the Manehattenites’ way of saying, “Hey, just because you’re a princess doesn’t mean you get special treatment. You have to wait your turn like everypony else.”

@Phantom Rider  
And everypony’s only consolation is that they’re just two paydays (or an episode-long castle scavenger hunt) away from buying an item of equal power.  
I’m pretty sure that if the Elements of Harmony didn’t stop Nightmare Moon, she would have been defeated by some rich and very dedicated cosplayer.

@Background Pony #AC2F  
They should really keep those regulated better. In Equestria you could get the One Ring at any jewelry store.

@Background Pony #0C9F  
But we know what she did for money after her magician gig failed. She worked on a rock farm. And was good enough at it that she not only fed herself, but saved up enough to afford one of the ancient evil magic artifacts that are apparently for sale all around Equestria.

@HighRollerHydra  
well to be fair, official things in email form could be blocked by the email service provider before it even arrives, or could be caught in a spam filter and never seen, actual mail would be the safer bet for this.

||Trixie lies. She’s so broke she can’t pay attention. There are rumors that she has given hoofjobs for money to eat. I don’t know which is better: Trixie’s cheerfully ignorant expression or Twilight’s baleful glare. Very good and very amusing work either way. ||

@Background Pony #39E7  
… Now we know what caused the wasteland timeline.

The citizens of Ponyville are going to like you even less if they find out that you’re the one who made Twilight realize that she should be taxing them.

@Background Pony #6AF6  
Also, fax machines were invented before the telephone; they originally ran on the telegraph lines.

@Badumsquish  
Her name is especially cute if you say it like a filly might.  
“My Nawmes TWIXIE! THE GWEAT AND POWHAFUL TWIXIE WUWAMOON! And I’m gunna be the best magician ever!”
 

@Background Pony #6AF6  
Of course, it IS the same show that features Pinkie Pie…

Personally, I’d expect she gets some sort of stipend from Celestia. I mean, keeping a crystal castle that size clean and livable is a job requiring at least two Spikes. :)

@Badumsquish  
Trixie Lulamoon is cutest name :3

@Trixie1995  
She learned some “show rule bending” techniques from the Pie Family prior to Magic Duel and now has the ability to somewhat behave on cartoon logic. She’s not going to punch her way through falling rocks or hide behind any lamp posts anytime soon, but she can stand on clouds provided she doesn’t look directly down and declare “wait a minute. Unicorns can’t walk on clouds.”
 
@Background Pony #9443  
Her name is “Trixie Lulamoon” on some merchandise. I like it because it sounds cute.

@HighRollerHydra
 
And at the same time they have magical fax machines and high powered brain scanners. At the VERY least, a major city like Manehattan should have gotten a letter on the next train from Canterlot saying “Hey, we’ve got four princesses now.”

Ms. Lulamoon??!?!?!?!?

I’m surprised Trixie has a health plan at all, given that she’s self-employed.

@HighRollerHydra  
“Credit” existed in ancient times; Apple Bloom never said they accepted credit cards.
 
And even if she did, you don’t need the internet or even any electronic network at all to charge credit cards.

@Trixie1995  
Lol!
 
@HighRollerHydra  
Makes you wonder how long it did take news to travel in ancient times. At the edge of the kingdom you wouldn’t know what was going on in the capital no matter how important. Imagine if there was an epic war out of the way from you, and you find out later that your town technically changed ownership five times without anyone knowing.

@HighRollerHydra  
Or maybe the drivers have a strong anti-authoritarian political bias.  
“Buck the system! The pony people will be free!” (Drives off cackling)

To be fair, Twilight not being able to get a cab…this isn’t like the human world, where the internet can spread news everywhere. They still send messages via so-called “envelopes”, so it’s possible that Manehattan hasn’t heard of her coronation. Although Apple Bloom DID ask for cash or credit in one episode, but that was probably just a throwaway joke by the writers.
 
…or…really, REALLY lazy writers. That’s all I can come up with.