07.31.23 WANTED: Skilled Workers / Costco Membership News

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The extreme shortage of skilled workers is affecting everything from car and home repairs to medicine. Clark discusses 2 aspects of the structural labor shortage in the U.S. Also today, Clark has Costco news to share, and addresses several questions and complaints from your emails. The Skilled Labor Shortage: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Costco Membership News: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show WSJ - Why Is It So Hard to Get a Plumber to Even Call You Back? Nurses Have Had Enough, Threatening Big Gaps in US Health Care Why It’s Impossible to Get Your Car Repaired This Summer 3 Things Clark Says You Should Do With CDs in 2023 Roth IRA Withdrawal Rules - Investopedia Going™ | Formerly Scott's Cheap Flights Best Travel Credit Cards: Top Rewards Picks for 2023 'WANT TO CORRECT' Costco CFO Richard Galanti breaks silence on new self-checkout policy after outrage over membership ‘stealing’ crackdown NYTimes: Costco Is Cracking Down on Membership Sharing Barrons.com: Now Costco Is Cracking Down on Membership Sharing Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:52.0	Today, the extreme shortage of skilled workers, wow,
0:57.0	it's affecting everything out there from stuff at your home, your car,
1:05.0	and medicine shortage of people with skills of various types is really severe.
1:14.0	And later, I know I talk about Costco a lot.
1:19.0	Say I have this podcast is going to be all about Costco.
1:23.0	It's going to be a Costco extravaganza.
1:26.0	I had all these questions and funny comments about Costco.
1:29.0	Who knows if I'll know the answers.
1:31.0	I may turn out to be a Costco fraud.
1:34.0	We'll find out.
1:36.0	So I have some news to share and we've got a lot of questions and complaints.
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