Obscene salaries send the wrong message through a company.

There was a proposal in California that would keep out Wal-Mart but allow Costco. You opposed it. Are you nuts? That's true: I always oppose these kinds of things. Competition makes us better. Some of our best stores have a Sam's Club next door.

It doesn't do much good to have a quality image, whether it's with the facility or whether it's with the merchandise, if you don't have real quality people taking care of your customers.

Obscene salaries send the wrong message through a company.

It doesn't do Costco any good if nobody can afford to buy anything.

You destroy the initiative of the working people if they don't feel they have a fighting chance to be a part of the American Dream.

In the final analysis, you get what you pay for.