Ted Cruz: 'I don't think I've ever seen an Hispanic panhandler'

Business Insider ^ | April 29, 2015 | Colin Campbell

[Texan5]

Those are day laborers-not panhandlers. I’ve seen them out here in BFE at the Home Depot and the lumber yards-they are looking for contractors and subs like me who want to hire day labor-and they work cheaper than most America laborers.

This Latino makes it a practice never to hire illegals-I do not break the law, and there are enough willing workers in this rural area who are native-born Americans-but a lot of contractors do hire them, so there are always a lot of them at the home improvement stores and lumber yard-in the parking lots, early in the AM, when we contractors buy supplies for the days’ jobs...

[matt1234]

They come in all colors, and I ignore all of them. Well, one time in Africa I did give some money to a kid with only one leg.

[al_c]

I have in Mexico.

They’re all over the place down there. Perhaps Senator Cruz should visit Mexico before stating something like this.

[RC one]

can’t say as I have actually although I have seen more than a few Hispanic criminals.

[Zionist Conspirator]

I hope he’s not referring to busking. I’ve seen busking among several different ethnic groups (including an Inca band) and I’ve always enjoyed it. Isn’t it a universal form of survival?

[Hugin]

Only in welfare offices.

[Grams A]

I have in Mexico.”

I remember when we used to walk across the bridge between Brownsville and Matamoros heading to the Old Market and as soon as you hit the Mexico side the bridge was lined with beggars but they were always very old people. We drove through Mexico some 40 years ago and every little town had kiddos wanting to sell us Chicklets gum. As I do remember though, all the little boys were clad in spanking clean white shirts which were tucked in and dark slacks and all wore a belt. Always amazed me as to how the kids managed to stay so clean looking. Street vendors galore but they were all selling something, not begging.

[MUDDOG]

Hospital emergency rooms too.

[bray]

Most are Christian Vietnam Vets.

Pray America is waking

[bjorn14]

They are looking for work not panhandling /s

[2ndDivisionVet]

Putting words in his mouth?

[ConservingFreedom]

In our community it would be shameful to be begging on the street," Cruz said.

But not to take a government check you did nothing to earn.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Yeah, bunch of user names I’ve never seen before, and I’m here A LOT.

[atomic_dog]

"Panhandling" is so last century. Around here (SF Bay area) it's what a lot of kids (even some affluent ones) do after school in lieu of a job. It's called "spanging" now, a portmanteau of "spare change."

Portmanteau: also called a blend in linguistics, is a combination of taking parts (but not all) of two (or more) words or their sounds (morphemes) and their meanings into a single new word.

[HiJinx]

Begging for work without a green card?
Let’s say for argument’s sake that we shouldn’t call it panhandling.
What would you call it?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Damn good thing no blacks or whites would do that, huh? LOL

[cripplecreek]

Us work from home/retired types recognize everybody.

[Rio]

[sockmonkey]

I live in Central TX. I’ve never seen any Hispanic Panhandlers, not even in San Antonio.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I’m both those things.