User blog comment:ImbaBrony/Ashe rework/@comment-5677953-20121102160929/@comment-4022742-20121103112857

250 gold per 50 creeps where you have to do exactly Jack-Shit other then what every other carry already has to do. It means that with equal farm you can get your core items faster then the opposing carry giving you the advantage every time.

Gold giving passives just promote passive play, instead of the action packed "Battle Arena" that RIOT wants this to be.