You are not kidding. The book was scary as hell when she wrote it ten years ago, and it's just gotten exponentially worse.

The part you quoted was the point where I just broke down and cried. All those places that are doing their best to make it illegal to give food to the neediest among us -- who the hell does that? I mean, okay, so obviously the most fortunate people in this country aren't really into giving up any of their excess money to help the least fortunate, but to punish and restrict the people who do choose to help is so disgusting.