It wasn’t just that the rules were set so more people would qualify for food assistance. It was that the economy did not really recover for so long. Obama’s dumbass policies throttled the recovery for years and years.
The government started making it easier for people to claim disability so as to not count them as being unemployed.
They also claimed - without ever asking them - that people who were long term unemployed had “given up” and thus did not count them either. Again, they were covering up how bad the economy really was throughout the Obama years.
I know I was literally pounding the pavement as were tons of others. Companies were not hiring. Oh, there was still plenty of room for H1b Indians. They would work for significantly less than an American would, but jobs for Americans here in America? No sorry, there aren’t any of those was what was said over and over again.
You really seem to not get just how bad things were for millions and millions of Americans under Obama.
I am no fan of Obama, but I’ve got more perspective than you.
I also was around for the Obama admin and don’t recognize the depth of horrors that you describe.
I am sorry you were so unemployable (with a graduate degree!), but glad you’re back on track now.