The North Carolina legislature is working on reforming its ethics rules (I know, it’s an oxymoron) and they raised the reporting threshold for gifts from nonfamily members to $1,000 and gifts from anyone who does business with the state to $500.  Those that support the higher threshold said that they wouldn’t be influenced by less money than that, and in the best quote of the day Rep. Drew Saunders (D) of Mecklenburg County said:

“Even the baby Jesus accepted gifts, and I don’t think it corrupted him.”

Huh.  I think someon needs to remind Rep. Saunders that he’s no Jesus.