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1. www.nj.com
www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.s - [Cached]Published on: 6/29/2008 Last Visited: 6/29/2008
"The funding cuts have slowed the progress of science demonstrably," said Kevin Casey, associate vice president for government and public affairs at Harvard. -
2. www.tjols.com
www.tjols.com/text/javascript/ - [Cached]Published on: 5/1/2008 Last Visited: 5/3/2008
Harvard University's Kevin Casey talks about how a stagnant NIH budget threatens to send young researchers searching for new careers. -
3. www.thecrimson.com
www.thecrimson.com/article.asp - [Cached]Published on: 5/16/2008 Last Visited: 5/16/2008
Harvard's director of federal relations, Kevin Casey, called the legislation "ill-advised" and said that this would probably be reflected in a study.
"We think that any study would reveal that taxing endowments over a certain amount is probably not good public policy and would be counterproductive because it would handicap some of the institutions that contribute positively to the economy," Casey said.
Casey said that Harvard makes payments in lieu of taxes to its host communities, in addition to adding substantially to the local economy.
"Harvard, MIT and the area-hospitals tend to be consistent producers of economic growth because we don't tend to be affected by markets," Casey said.
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Casey said that this debate intensifies during downturns in the economy when states may be facing large budgetary crunches.
"It's an ongoing discussion," Casey said.

