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Dean Baker has been busy over at Beat the Press, trying to clear up confusion over Social Security. Lately that means taking David Brooks to task over his comments on a potential default, criticizing Sen. Tom Coburn for suggesting we reduce the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to Social Security to make it more accurate, and questioning the Washington Post‘s coverage of the budget negotiations.