Holden favored greater spending on state elementary and secondary education.
And the higher prices might make possible a sufficient return on investment to justify greater spending to expand operations.
Defeat, on the other hand, might more nearly be caused by opposition to the higher gas tax than to greater spending.
Support for greater spending for the environment, health care, education and even welfare all increased, according to survey data.
But the greater spending can also feed inflation by putting pressure on wages and prices.
The plan, which represents a 10.3 percent increase from last year, projects greater spending on health, education, housing and public works.
But millions of households borrowed heavily against their homes, often to support ever greater spending.
What is most needed, the critics say, is greater spending on drug treatment and education.
He wants to see even greater spending on publicity, help and advice.
Would an approach involving greater spending resolve the problems?