The government says YES.
From the report Mr. Roperts misrepresented:
Professional and Business Services:
Architectural and Engineering Services: 1,334,300
employees, UP 76,000 from a year ago
Yes, many of those jobs from the building boom. A huge percentage of our economy now relies on keeping the housing boom going. Unfortunately this is -- ending.
"Professional and Business Services:
Architectural and Engineering Services: 1,334,300
employees, UP 76,000 from a year ago"
Ooooo...pencil-pushers, lawyers, H1B visa immigrant-filled jobs. One manufacturing job that can be converted to war production has more national worth than 10 of the above jobs. Assuming most of the increase isn't in temp jobs.