Land of the free?

I spent my morning trying to get things done and ensure my kid and I won't starve or freeze to death. I am behind in my utilities and made payment arrangements to get caught up. Because of bureaucracy, I have to go most of December without any unemployment. I am eligible, but the State of Michigan and the Fed's can't get their acts together so I have to wait. Now I have had to default on my payment agreement. After spending an hour on the phone to DTE Energy, I found out that all I have to do is go to ADC and file paperwork to get in the emergency programs for utilities, and I'll get food stamps too. Gee whiz, I haven't gone to college for business, but it seems to me that everything to do with helping the poor is run so inefficiently, that I'm surprised that there aren't poor dead people lying in the streets. The friggin state knows that my only income is child support and unemployment right now, so aren't all of these programs streamlined for me? Why do I have to inform each friggin branch what the other is doing? I spend so much time sitting at welfare for 3-4 hours ( not kidding) and filling out hard copies of forms, instead of online, and making phone calls (only to find out that my case worker should already be doing this for me),instead of looking for a job or doing my homework to get a degree and a job, that I could SCREAM!!!!!!!
I am trying to stay positive but stupidity reigns, and it makes me crazy. I would much rather have a job but they're rather scarce right now.Why does this country penalize me for the state of the economy? The U.S. is so screwed up that it is tempting to leave- maybe to Canada- where they at least take care of their citizens.