> In my opinion it should be more like $100-250m. It's easily one of, if not the, single most important jobs on the planet at the head of one of the largest, mo

> In my opinion it should be more like $100-250m. It's easily one of, if not the, single most important jobs on the planet at the head of one of the largest, most powerful and highest revenue "organizations". It should pay more or at least equivalently to CEOs of big corps, enough that POTUS will never feel financially beholden. Good idea in principle. But the problem is not the salary. It's all the campaign contributions with strings attached which they have to take to even make it to office. This is what you should tackle first before you look at the president's salary if you want to assure independence from backers. Also, most presidents have already been really rich and they really don't need it. The path they need to take (congress, senate) to even be considered pretty much guarantees they are already rich and influential. Also, a good president is one that doesn't do it for the money obviously. And it's still a LOT.