According to this article, Virgil Goode’s campaign has collected over 4,000 signatures in Virginia. The requirement for ballot access in Virginia is 10,000, so a number above that is required in order to get enough valid signatures. That information as part of a larger interview concerning his issue positions.
On a number of other issues, he said:
• He would give “zero” foreign aid to Pakistan.
• If Social Security benefits were extended to same-sex couples, the financial impact would be enormous. “You’re talking billions,” he said. Goode is opposed to gay marriages/civil unions and supports the federal Marriage Protection Amendment, according to his website.
• He said he thinks “it’s very unlikely” Obama health care reform will be repealed, even if presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney wins the election and Republicans have a majority in both houses of Congress — because of the vote margin required for repeal. However, Goode said he favors repeal of “Obamacare.” He said he thinks such a repeal would benefit small businesses. He said “we all want affordable health care,” but with the large federal deficit and federal debt, the country can’t afford Obama health care reform.In an interview, he said “we’ve got a little over 4,000” of the signatures required to get on the Virginia ballot and are working to collect more. More than 10,000 signatures of registered voters — at least 400 from each congressional district — are required. Enough signatures have been collected for Goode to be on the ballot in 17 states, he said.
The Virgil Goode for President campaign is currently actively petitioning in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and several other states.
It’s just baseless demagoguery.
It is not true that extending Social Security benefits to same-sex couples would cost billions. The only benefits that would be affected are spouse benefits. But spouse benefits don’t cost the government much money. They are only paid to people who aren’t getting Social Security for their own work. In this modern era, in which generally both adults in a marriage work, relatively few people get spouse benefits.
“If Social Security benefits were extended to same-sex couples, the financial impact would be enormous. “You’re talking billions,” he said. Goode is opposed to gay marriages/civil unions and supports the federal Marriage Protection Amendment, according to his website.”
Using Goode’s weird logic, you should get rid of social security benefits for heterosexual couples too simply because that probably costs in the trillions of dollars.
If Social Security benefits were extended to same-sex couples, the financial impact would be enormous. “You’re talking billions,”
Add 2 billion on top of that and you are talking real money.