Agenda 2010 was a plan to jump-start the country's social market economy with tax cuts and entitlement reductions.

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Whole Foods ( WFMI - news - people ) after CEO John Mackey opposed government entitlement programs noting that market-based solutions such as are these accounts helped him cut his employees' health care costs without sacrificing employee satisfaction.

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Faster economic growth and higher stock market returns, therefore, can shrink the entitlement obligation.

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