Governments should spend more money on education than on recreation and sports. Do you agree or disagree?

Multinational companies are becoming increasingly common in 
developing countries. What are the advantages and disadvantages of 
this? 
More and more transnational corporations are setting up branches and 
factories in less developed nations. This essay will first suggest that reduced 
labour costs is the primary benefit for these companies, while bad publicity 
because of Human Rights abuses is the main drawback. 
The main reason multinationals set up shop in poorer countries is because it 
is much cheaper for them to get their goods manufactured there, due to 
comparatively lower salaries. In an ever more competitive marketplace, it is 
simply unsustainable for most companies to pay Western wages when they 
can pay someone a fraction of the cost to do the same job. For example, the 
only reason an iPad or iPhone can be sold for less than $499 is that a worker 
in China can assemble the unit for approximately one-tenth what an American 
would expect to be paid. 
Despite this economic benefit, Apple has recently come under scrutiny 
because of appalling conditions in many of its Asian factories. Workers in their 
Foxconn plant in China had to work under such grim circumstances, including 
15-hour shifts, pressure to meet unrealistic quotas and low wages, that several 
of them committed suicide by leaping off the factory roof. The New York 
Times reported that this resulted in a 12% drop in the sale of Apple products, 
especially after it was reported that Apple had installed nets to stop any 
employees killing themselves in the future. 
In conclusion, huge global companies may reap the rewards of low operating 
costs in developing countries, but they should also keep in mind that they 
have a responsibility towards their workers and any infringements of their 
rights could negatively affect their image and stock price. 

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