all service jobs. food service, retail sales, financial services, real estate, health care, education, government, travel and leisure services, personal services, etc.
you cannot build an economy on those jobs, plus government, teachers, lawyers, and debt.
tell me this - if these offshored technology and manufacturing industries are "buggywhips" - why are India and China falling all over themselves to get them? are they stupid?
You are making good points. There are two different problems the US is facing with respect to workforce/jobs/corporations:
1) Manufacturing industry is being killed off by regulation
* This industry has excessive workforce and too much cost
Solution: Kill unions and deregulate
2) Education system and the culture of education is leaving a big hole in technology workforce
* Companies are either importing immigrants or exporting jobs to solve this problem
Solution: Increase awareness about technology education and the overall importance of education
Sure, in both scenarios there are some companies that abuse the system. I am not justifying such practices.