[cogman10]

> It’s also not clear how to recover from something like this.

You pretty much have to double spend to get out. Same way ICE is handling recruitment shortfalls.

Government jobs have never had great salaries (but decent benefits) vs the private sector. You need to make those jobs actually competitive.

[burkaman]

One of the main selling points was stability and a clear career path, and obviously that's gone now. Would probably take decades to rebuild that.