Stung by the business secretary's implication that "mediocre" British science deserved significant cuts in the forthcoming comprehensive spending review, she blogged: "Sod it.
Do you deserve a cut of the profits?
Many nonprofit theaters argue that they deserve a cut because they increase the value of a new play with a first-rate New York production.
Not so, says Mr. Morgenthau, who insists the state deserves a cut — an assertion that may also be colored by some old animus.
But, as this case illustrates, it is not as simple as just creating a new app; musicians, dancers, singers and stagehands often feel strongly that they deserve a cut.
Readiness to pay a price in order to enforce an idea of what is right is part of what keeps sides from settling: writers accept the loss of paychecks because they believe they deserve a cut of the revenue from their work, and producers accept the loss of business because they believe that TV shows and movies are their property.
The Europeans brought their pie-charts (the French call them camemberts) to the United Nations to demonstrate how much the European Union gave to the organization's various budgets compared with the richer United States, and why Washington did not deserve the cut in dues demanded by Congress.
You could argue that iTunes is the new digital newsstand, and so it deserves a cut.
"Or they are students who struggled massively in their first year in post-16 and re-started at age 17. "They are more vulnerable, lower in confidence and we do not deserve a cut in funding for the service that we must provide them".
For example, if an NBA player slapped a Nike logo tattoo on his body, would the league claim they deserve a cut?
This is good for two reasons: A) you don't want to pull a Mike Tyson and blow all your money nor do you want to be taken advantage of by people who say "they deserve a cut" and B) you want a future.
