It was early spring in 2048, and my birthday was coming up this August 26. I would be turning 70 years and retiring. I am not looking forward to it as much as I thought. My whole life, I dreamed of moving to Florida and living on the beach when I retired. I planned on traveling a lot, seeing the great sites the country has to offer. All of these plans have changed; instead, my youngest son is putting an addition on his house so that I can move in. I am very thankful for what he is doing, but I don't want to go. I want my privacy, and I'm sure he wants his too. There is no other choice. I worked as long as possible, but I'm just getting too old. We all agree that I am not going into nursing especially me. If the government would have told us that they couldn't solve the Social Security crisis almost 30 years ago I would have prepared better. But instead they promised they could save it and the program would still be aruond when I retired. They obviously lied and now I !
             have nothing. Moments later I hear music its my alarm clock. It was only a dream its April 1996 and I'm 18. The article about the Social Security in the paper had me thinking and I must have a bad dream.
             The Presidential election will be coming up this November '96 and the question that many of Americans have on their mind is what are you going to about the Social Security crisis? This question has our nation divided between generations. The elder people of our nation (ages 50 and up) feel confident that Social Security will be there for them and that it should be left alone. On the other hand the Baby Boomers (ages 31-49) and Generation X (ages 18-30) lack this confidence fearing that they will never receive Social Security, and the money they put in would be a waste. Many politicians are afraid to touch this issue because the elder still make a large number of the voting block. Speaking as a member of Generation X it is our duty to vote for change in Social Secur...