WATCH: The Plutocrat's Christmas List [Saunders Cartoon]

When too much isn't even close to enough, how about a Grover Norquist finger puppet, or a gold-plated transvaginal ultrasound wand?

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| Mon Dec. 10, 2012 3:15 PM PST

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. This week's animation imagines what "gifts" the super-wealthy would like from our legislators. The animation, as always, was written and animated by Zina Saunders.

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