It is important that the idle rich have their whims catered. Of course their ideas are better than anyone else's, they are rich so have the time to use their big brains to come up with grand ideas of how to make the world a better place for them all. Though, you do not expect them to use their own money to implement and test their ideas, do you -- even ideas that have previously failed? Then what is the point of cronyism?
Some very comfortable people in Auckland, New Zealand decided they could make their lives better with an electric vehicle shuttle. They managed to get their friends in government to sponsor their brilliant idea, which failed spectacularly in a poorer locale -- to the tune of about a million. Does not sound like much, but the subsidy per ride for this slightly used program is greater than the subsidy received by the lessers who take a train or bus.
No, this is not a big deal, it is symptomatic of how government works for the wealthy.
The hard part is getting wealthy. Once you make it, your government friends will help you stay wealthy.