Calling someone a moron in your opening statement reflects poorly on you and simply demonstrates your total lack of understanding. The new jobs being created are not replacing the old jobs one to one. Even those high tech jobs you list, IT support, network management and building are dwindling due to better designed systems, self correcting systems and more centralized computing. As far as IT support goes, the cost of computing equipment is such that it's difficult to make a living repairing and maintaining computers and other digital devices. Even for salesman, because there is less of a middle class with disposable income to buy whatever it is you have to sell. As far as going back to school, that has costs just as well, and a lot of tech students find that by the time they have completed their training it's obsolete. And show me the data that research has tremendously increased. Every article I see on the subject seems to suggest that in every sector of the economy, R&D is down from the national labs, the universities and the private corporations. So let's just stop and think who the real moron is here.

Historicly, it's been the ruin of many ruling classes/governments.