Nearly a month into the US government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees are still on furlough. Their paychecks are on hold, and many are now looking for new ways to make ends meet. Among them is Isaac Stein, a Washington, DC-based attorney working for the Internal Revenue Service. Stein normally spends his days drafting complex retirement plan regulations. But this October, his work looks and smells of mustard and sauerkraut.

Furloughed IRS lawyer turns hot dog vendor

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, it’s hard to miss Stein in the crowd. He could be seen wearing a neat business suit and tie, standing at the corner of a busy DC street, serving hot dogs from a cart he calls “Shysters Dogs,” a sarcastic nod to the slang term for unscrupulous lawyers. Its tagline: “the only

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