Furloughed IRS tax attorney fulfills his childhood dream of running a hot dog stand

A furloughed federal tax attorney is turning his childhood dream into a reality with more time on his hands during the nearly monthlong government shutdown.

Furloughed IRS tax attorney Isaac Stein, 31, is selling hot dogs from his “Shysters Dogs” stand, whose motto is “the only honest rip off in D.C.”

For Stein, running a food stand is a childhood dream, and he’s using the government shutdown as an opportunity to live it out.

“There you are, ma’am,” Stein said to a customer Wednesday. “Don’t forget your soft drink. Thank you so much.”

At lunchtime, the long line at 1st and M streets Northeast to get a hot dog from Stein’s stand is sometimes 25 people deep. He cooks the food and runs the business hims

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