g.d.p. by 1%. how does this self-inflicted wound help anybody? in colorado, to be clear, just as in the other states that you heard from today, it's not just the families that rely on federal programs or federal workers who are suffering because of this shutdown. "the denver post" reported in a neighborhood near the denver federal center, rick corner who owns stack sub sandwich shop in lakewood estimates he's lost 5% of his business since thursday. he says he can't afford to lose any customers because in his words, it's a thin margin business to begin with, he said. how are we helping him? in the same story, deborah giovino, who owns paradise cove said she's also witnessing a loss, we're not getting our regular lunchers, she says. i think they're trying to conserve their money right now. how are we helping these people? one city perhaps hardest hit in our state is colorado springs in el paso county. according to the gazette, the furloughs at our military bases include more than 1,000 workers at the air force academy, 400 workers at an air force base, 2,200 at peterson arabs. at fort carson, another thousand workers were off the job. it is our job more important