Nick Buffie is a policy analyst on the Tax and Budget Policy team at American Progress. He has a Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a B.A. in economics and Spanish from Wesleyan University.
Before joining American Progress, Buffie worked as a research assistant at the Center for Economic and Policy Research; as an intern at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy; and as a policy adviser to Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign. His research has been cited in TheNew York Times, The Washington Post, and other nationally syndicated outlets, as well as in testimony before Congress. He enjoys writing for the general public and has published columns in The Hill, Business Insider, MarketWatch, Quillette, HuffPost, and various regional newspapers.
Increased Wage Inequality Has Reduced Social Security’s Revenue
Rising economic inequality has pushed down Social Security’s revenues, but there are a few possible avenues to generating more revenue in order to preserve Social Security.
These 6 Priorities Show the Need for a Robust Domestic Discretionary Budget
Funding for government agencies expires on March 11; rather than pass another stopgap bill, Congress must pass full-year appropriations that adequately support the nation’s priorities and needs.
President Joe Biden took office one year ago amid one of the worst economies in generations, but the U.S. economy has since made tremendous progress toward recovery, and workers are benefiting.
3 Alternatives for Taxing the Capital Gains of the Very Wealthy
Three distinct systems could replace the stepped-up basis loophole. They differ significantly, but each would increase taxes on the rich and dramatically improve on the status quo.
The Build Back Better Agenda Boosts Productivity and Long-Term Economic Growth in Numerous Ways
A paper cited by critics of the Build Back Better agenda analyzes a different plan than what President Joe Biden has proposed and Congress is considering, and it ignores many positive effects of the actual plan.
The American Families Plan Taxes Billionaires and Protects Family Farms and Businesses
President Joe Biden’s American Families Plan closes tax loopholes favoring the superrich while protecting family farmers and small-business owners upon passing a farm or family business to the next generation.
