Once the posturing is over, any final compromise is likely to feature some of each. Politicians once talked about public investment. Yet the problem goes much deeper than a chronic shortage of software engineers. But many other nations have figured out how to draw the distinction. Granted, there are hard cases.
Private investment is critical, of course.
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