1.   Private investment should be supplemented by State spending to ensure full employment of resources.

2.   Unlike some other governors, Thompson said he had increased spending to ensure the success of social welfare programs.

3.   Falling foreign investments which in the past helped to fuel growth would be replaced by public spending to ensure growth, he said.

4.   The EU is currently trying to curb farm spending to ensure it can afford to take in new members from eastern Europe.