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Even the US presidents get increasingly higher salaries, but our federal minimum wage is stuck?

https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/presidential-salaries-from-washington-to-trump 1789-1872: $25,000 a year George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren  William Henry Harrison John Tyler James Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan  Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant 1873-1908: $50,000 a year  Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James Garfield Chester Arthur Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt 1909-1948: $75,000 a year  William H. Taft Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman 1949-1968: $100,000 a year  Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson 1969-2000: $200,000 a year  Richard Nixon Gerald R. Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton 2001-Present: $400,000 a year George W. Bush Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden


https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/presidential-salaries-from-washington-to-trump

1789-1872: $25,000 a year

George Washington

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

James Monroe

John Quincy Adams

Andrew Jackson

Martin Van Buren 

William Henry Harrison

John Tyler

James Polk

Zachary Taylor

Millard Fillmore

Franklin Pierce

James Buchanan 

Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Johnson

Ulysses S. Grant

1873-1908: $50,000 a year 

Ulysses S. Grant

Rutherford B. Hayes

James Garfield

Chester Arthur

Grover Cleveland

Benjamin Harrison

Grover Cleveland

William McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt

1909-1948: $75,000 a year 

William H. Taft

Woodrow Wilson

Warren G. Harding

Calvin Coolidge

Herbert Hoover

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Harry S. Truman

1949-1968: $100,000 a year 

Harry S. Truman

Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson

1969-2000: $200,000 a year 

Richard Nixon

Gerald R. Ford

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

George H. W. Bush

Bill Clinton

2001-Present: $400,000 a year

George W. Bush

Barack Obama

Donald Trump

Joe Biden

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