As 2017 winds down, Mark Fiore brings animated holiday tidings to show the true meaning of trickle-down economics. The national situation is not pretty at the moment, as the federal government and Wall Street continue to tell 99 percent of Americans to go kick themselves.

Times like these demand a publication like Truthdig, a 12-year-old online magazine committed to delivering fearless, honest and wide-ranging journalism.

Watch some more Truthdig holiday animations from previous years, below.

Holiday Punch, 2016:

Republi-Claus Is Coming to Town, 2015:

Driving While Brown … and Furry, 2014:

Spying Clause: NSA Holiday Greetings, 2013:

Let There Be Lights, 2012:

The Freak, 2011:

Don’t Ask, Do Tell, 2010:

Spare Some Change? 2009:

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Best wishes to you and yours this season. We hope you’ll join us for the ride in the new year.

Happy holidays.

—Posted by Eric Ortiz