Seismic retrofits do not fascinate the plutocracy! So says Patrice Ayme, bemoaning San Francisco's "pathetically weak garages" which will kill us all in the next major earthquake. Patrice wants to see the city put builders to work, shoring up our wobbly homes; but, she explains, the oligarchy sees no benefit to this endeavor. "Spending money on housing for normal people would be as much money not going to banks, their bankers, and their shadows," she writes,"What could be worse?" WHAT INDEED. [Daily Kos]
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