Why can't congress raise a sitting president's salary? What was the concern? Explain how this is this related to checks and balances.

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Congress can't raise a sitting president's salary because he is in function. Once the President's administration had ended, Congress can consider a raise to the President's salary, but not until the term is done.

The concern of Congress is that the President could get the money that can be used for other necessities and priorities of the federal government. Let's have in mind that there is an office in Congress that oversees and confirm the budget prepared by the office of the President. No other concept can be included if was not authorized by Congress.

The President cannot decide when to raise his salary and for how much. Congress tries to avoid any corruption act in this regard.

This is an important control mechanism that resulted from the checks and balances system established by the United States founding fathers when they created the US Cönstitution during the Constitutional Convention of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1787.

This checks and balances system prevents any federal branch to have more power than the other two, trying to keep a healthy balance of power in the federal government.

Today, the US President's salary is approximately $400,000 a year.

b) that he was not a free man

the nationalists wanted a strong central government so the new country wouldn't fall apart.

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