He won’t play defensive on that how-will-you-pay-for-it standard-issue hustle, which is sprung by the GOP as well as Democratic “fiscal hawks” whenever a politician advances legislation that actually address human needs.
When it comes to the black hole of military spending and tax cuts for super-rich individuals and corporations alike, the question, of course, never even comes up.
Regarding Schatz’s proposal for debt-free college tuition, Ella Nilsson writes for Vox:
“I don’t play the pay-for game. I reject the pay-for game,” the senator said. “After the Republicans did the $1.5 trillion in unpaid-for tax cuts, and as we’re doing a bipartisan appropriations bill — which I support — which is also an increase in federal spending [that’s] unpaid for, I just reject the idea that only progressive ideas have to be paid for. We can work on that as we go through the process, but I think it’s a trap.”