Moscow, he said, might not be able to make all the cuts required by 1993.
But the goals for the coming decade require further cuts.
Support fell to 27 percent if it would require cuts in Medicare.
Such a shift would require cuts in other programs or could lead to tax increases.
However the government wished, also, to return to the gold standard, a move which would have required cuts in public spending.
Both plans cut the rate of growth and would therefore require substantial cuts in the current program to meet their targets.
All of this may well require cuts beyond what the city can safely endure in a short time.
The caps require cuts in spending, and thus a consensus on what to cut.
He's expected to say the scale of cuts required could change our whole way of life.