The Celebration Chronicles by Andrew Ross is the story of a town created by a corporation. Its commerce, housing, recreation and even education systems were all created by Disney. The reason for setting up Celebration Florida is too promote the ideal American town and the American Dream. But does the influence of a large corporation allow this to be possible?
             A corporation's main goal and purpose is to make money. This is also part of the American dream. We all would like to be able to control our own lives, and finance ourselves through life so we wont have to depend on anyone else to live happily. For the creators and heads of a corporation this dream is probably realized. But that is also basically where the dream ends. Corporations, unlike most small businesses, have large numbers of employees whose jobs are always on the line do to the threat of "corporate downsizing" or "restructuring". They basically give a more pleasant term to what is in reality the firing of employees to raise stock value and earn more money for the people in charge.
             "Afraid of losing their jobs, many CEOs looked for a quick fix to boost accounting profitability, with less regard to the long-term profitability of the strategy." (Thesis 1)
             A Corporation's payroll is a liability. One of the main goals of any business is to minimize liability. This makes the employees expendable, and being expendable is not part of the American Dream. People in general would like to have security and a steady income. From my own experience, there is no security when working for a corporation. If you are let go and have been working at the corporation for a certain amount of time they will give you pay for a short while. This amount of time usually is a year or less. Not a very reassuring thought to someone who has to send their children to college or pay a mortgage. The idea of supporting a family and your childr...