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As the U.S. government reopens after a weeks-long shutdown, IRS employee Isaac Stein — who turned to selling hot dogs on a street corner to make ends meet — is finally returning to his federal job.
Stein says he plans to keep his small business on weekends, grateful for the community support that carried him through.
His story has become a symbol of resilience amid America’s longest government shutdown.

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00:00I very much look forward to going back to work as soon as possible all of I've
00:23had a lot of federal workers come to the stand my colleagues from IRS and
00:28Treasury who are awesome they came in a big group and then there are also people
00:32from a different IRS building who also came through to express support everyone
00:36has been wonderful to me
00:49the business has been cash flow positive and I but I really like more importantly
00:57I just really wanted to mention the outpouring of community support I feel
01:01like the community here really has my back I love seeing the people each day and
01:06I'm looking forward to seeing my colleagues as well as soon as the shutdown
01:09ends
01:29I intend to continue to operate this on Fridays and weekends
01:32I saw him on social media and I really this situation the government shutdown was
01:53not a good thing for anybody so to see somebody making the best of situation and
01:58doing something I read that was something he had always wanted to do so we just
02:02wanted to come down and be supportive of that
02:05we got the chips can I get you anything amazing
02:12amazing
02:14oh
02:15it's three days we always have a really good band
02:20once everything is back on the
02:26yeah
02:56You
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