Bureaucratic Hoops; The All American Sport

I've had two very interesting conversations today, both of which involved the helplessness of the governmental administration and the resignation of the citizens to jump through hoops. I for one, say, "Balderdash!"
My husband has had much personal pressure placed on him, to apply for disability. I'm not a fan of the socialist system of Social Security, but to appease those that have requested, he began his enquiry. Of course, that immediately begins "theirs." Not to go into too much detail, but my husband had major, major surgery that has left him an amputee. You'd think with something so physically obvious, the social security bureaucrats would be able to just look at a chart and say yes or no, wouldn't you? But oh no, that isn't how it goes. This isn't a matter of a bad back or some nondiscript syndrome, the man's leg is missing. It is clearly obvious to anyone with any degree of common sense and awareness, and I would think it would be even more clear to those with access to his medical records, which he released to them. Amazingly, at this point after nearly two months, the Social Security Administration has conducted an hour and half questioning period, sent two sets of forms which have been completed and returned, made another call and obtained all pertinent medical records; has now sent a letter stating they don't have enough information, so: "Dear disabled person, we have set up a time for you to come to our office in another city."
So far, however, the SSA has been able to track down which married name I had in sequence, and reported that to him. Glad, I'd already covered that info before we married.
The other person I spoke with is my mother and as far as she's concerned, democrats have ruined the world. The present administration has had no choice but to be militarily aggressive and his tax cuts are good. I personally believe that politicians need to have real jobs and be successful at those jobs before they are making decisions for all of us. And this is such a no-brainer. If a Democrat is elected, the last 8 years will just get rewritten by the pundits moving the blame, and if a Republican is elected, the "poor man" will be stuck dealing with a Democratic Congress, all the while forgetting that it was the American citizens dealing with 12 years of a Republican Congress that caused a Democratic Congress in '06. I say, it makes no difference who is elected, we're going the direction we're going and it's the average citizen that will shoulder the burden while jumping through the legislative hoops set forth by our fearless leaders and appointed bureaucrats.
. . . that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. a Prophet of Holy Scripture