Ralph Brown Quotes (14 Quotes)

Chile is the poster child for Latin America. They have gone with a democracy since 1990, and they have free and open markets. They have one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

That's even for people who don't shop at Wal-Mart. They benefit because the prices at Target, Sears, K-Mart or wherever are lower because of the competition provided by Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart is going to change the community, but you can still have a main street that has a different environment. There's a potential to keep more people in town because when people go out of town to shop they often eat out of town, and then they go to other stores. If people stay here more, there will be more spending locally.

Today there are fewer interactions between the fishing community and population as a whole, partly because there are fewer fisherman. But we've also changed. We're not truly rural anymore, in the sense of the occupations you now find here. We tend to be a lot of urban people living in small towns.

You never know how the team responds to that. They can respond positively or negatively. Their players might use that as something to lean on, to try to go out and play harder, or they might go into the tank.

I think that's what we thought would happen. The competing stores are also very friendly and have a lot of service. They're trying to retain their customers.

These immigrants often don't speak English well and don't have much education, but they're physically capable. It's the first step in the ladder to the American dream.

Thirty years ago, this would have been huge news. Today it's good news, ... It's nice to see what used to be the mainstay of the Sioux Falls economy making a commitment to be here for the next 100 years.

Competition is a consumer's best friend. It offers better prices, better variety and better quality. There are also more employers competing for the services of workers, and it makes it better for workers in terms of wages and benefits.

It's a possibility that weather played a role.

These aren't high-paying jobs, but they are above minimum wage and have benefits. It has really added a nice diversity to the city.

That's pretty amazing for a single company to have that much impact on the overall economy.

Its like trying to survey elk by only looking at the edges of where they like to live. Were stuck. Were making decisions based on suspect information.

There is no evidence that they are below marked wages. Wal-Mart even provides health benefits for full-time workers and for part-time workers, which is unusual in the retail trade.