And even aside from the hypocritical Randroid parasite and the State he mooched from, these days it's much easier to propose subsidizing rich assholes than it is to propose building nice things. It's always about coming up with a plan to provide incentives to encourage Thuh Jaayyyuuub Creaturrrzzz to maybe do something.
Providence could use some better mass transit. $75 million would have been a pretty good start.