Dowling College in Oakdale will delve in the economic side of presidential politics Friday with a roundtable that will explore which of the presidential candidates has the best economic policy for Long Island.
The key question, according to Martin Cantor, director of Dowling’s Long Island Economic and Social Policy Institute, is which policy is the wisest? The contrast, he said, is between Democratic Sen. Barack Obama’s plan to raise taxes on corporations and individuals earning over $250,000 and Sen. John McCain’s plans to make permanent the Bush tax cuts and to cut corporate taxes.
The panelists will include Irwin Kellner, an economic scholar at Dowling and Ed Gullason, who teacher economics at the college and served as a staffer to President Ronald Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisors.
Representing the presidential candidates will be Suffolk Legislative Majority Leader Jon Cooper (D-Huntington), Obama’s Long Island campaign chairman, and Assemb. Phil Boyle (R-East Islip), the co-chairman of McCain’s Long Island campaign.
The free event will take place on the school’s Oakdale campus in the Fortunoff Hall Ballroom from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. It is free but you must RSVP by calling 631-244-3377 or by emailing coronat@dowling.edu.