Captain Fred Bertsch shares his experience with government "protection".

From Facebook:
"Here is a little lesson/experience from me which young people may benefit from:
I have been retired from the Military for 12 years and last worked for the government 7 years ago.
My personal information was compromised in this latest OPM hacking.
This is the third time my information has been compromised by the government in the last 7 years.
I have a nice letter from them providing me with a 18 months of identity protection "for my convenience" and am told that the letter should not be construed as the government confessing to any wrong doing.
If you think government is the answer to any of your issues, I suggest strongly that you think again.
From my experience government does little well and is only useful for those things the public cannot do on their own such as defense of the nation.
Everything else is done half-assed.
I am not anti-government, just anti-government-in-my-business.
Don't be fooled by the politicians that promise you rose gardens.
Government is a fire that is useful but must be contained or it is dangerous."