cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/post/581531
Isaac Stein makes his living as an attorney for the Internal Revenue Service, working mostly on his own, writing retirement plan regulations in a Washington office building.
Since the federal government shut down early this month, his typical day could not be more different. Stein now spends afternoons on the streets of the nation’s capital selling hot dogs, Moon Pies and RC Cola from a cart he has named “SHYSTERS.”
It’s a job that calls for people skills and a sense of humor, both of which Stein has in abundance. One constant is his attire.
He serves up his dogs wearing a business suit and tie, just as if he were back at the office serving up tax regulations.
That’s funny but also …
… often times in the past families would migrate to the USA and leave behind great careers and educations just to only be able to open a cafe or corner store in the USA. They did it for the promise of a better life for their kids.
Now we have citizens basically having to do the same thing. Leave behind valuable careers for less paying labor. But the better life for their kids is dubious.