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Ted Cruz: 'I don't think I've ever seen an Hispanic panhandler'
Business Insider ^ | April 29, 2015 | Colin Campbell

Posted on 04/29/2015 1:34:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: HiJinx

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...


41 posted on 04/29/2015 1:58:53 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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.


42 posted on 04/29/2015 2:04:47 PM PDT by matt1234 (2015-2016 America's enemies sense obama's weakness and strike)
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To: NorthstarMom
I have in Mexico.

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

43 posted on 04/29/2015 2:05:06 PM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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


44 posted on 04/29/2015 2:07:46 PM PDT by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a politically correct way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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?


45 posted on 04/29/2015 2:07:47 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (The "end of history" will be Worldwide Judaic Theocracy.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Only in welfare offices.


46 posted on 04/29/2015 2:07:48 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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To: NorthstarMom

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.


47 posted on 04/29/2015 2:10:43 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Hugin

Hospital emergency rooms too.


48 posted on 04/29/2015 2:11:10 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Most are Christian Vietnam Vets.

Pray America is waking


49 posted on 04/29/2015 2:12:45 PM PDT by bray (Cruz to the WH)
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To: HiJinx

They are looking for work not panhandling /s


50 posted on 04/29/2015 2:13:21 PM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: odawg

Putting words in his mouth?


51 posted on 04/29/2015 2:14:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
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.

52 posted on 04/29/2015 2:15:31 PM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: cripplecreek

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


53 posted on 04/29/2015 2:17:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"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.

54 posted on 04/29/2015 2:17:47 PM PDT by atomic_dog
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To: bigdaddy45

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?


55 posted on 04/29/2015 2:18:47 PM PDT by HiJinx (I can see Mexico from my back porch...soon, so will you!)
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To: ConservingFreedom

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


56 posted on 04/29/2015 2:18:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Us work from home/retired types recognize everybody.


57 posted on 04/29/2015 2:18:55 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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58 posted on 04/29/2015 2:19:19 PM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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


59 posted on 04/29/2015 2:19:19 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
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To: cripplecreek

I’m both those things.


60 posted on 04/29/2015 2:19:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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