I don't know. The pay and the signing bonus can attract some decent people in tight situations, but a $50k signing bonus indicates trouble attracting people.

I agree, that is a life-changing amount of money for people stuck and sinking. Prices rising rising rising, employment shrinking fast, social services slashed and burned.

I heard audio interviews with people outside one of the recruiting events. You could tell some of them were conflicted about doing the work, but were basically unable to pass up the money. Some former military washed up into Trump's big beautiful zombie economy. Some whose government service and work toward retirement had been destroyed by DOGE's wanton elimination of their jobs. A few true believers who heard Fox News and nodded.

And then you will have some people such as those we have seen on videos popping up far and wide, bullying, pepper-spraying, zip-tying children, dehumanizing people of color, etc. Natural sadists welcomed by a nihilistic political cult.