and this turns our little retail corridors, you know, we get these vacuums, we get these little geltos, these time of day ghettos and so i would like the record to reflect that, you know, businesses have been dealing with the accumulating costs by reducing hours, you know, and reducing employment. i did the math and, you know, letting somebody go two hours a day, $30 a day, five days a week, you know, and it's significant, you know, it is very significant. president riley: so should we -- any more questions or discussion? can we move to the next item? >> sorry. there was something about the budget and the thing that's been ask missing in the discussion with me is the contribution to the tax base. and we're getting a few preliminary numbers now. so i'd like to just hold that on. i mean, our industry, you know, food, beverage and entertainment, contributes, according to betty yee, over $500 million a year. and i think that somewhere that needs to be, you know, that these tax -- the tax-plus side, i guess, the contribution of the industry, needs to be calculated and accounted for the publ