Effective January 1, 2001, the annual salary of the President of the United States was increased to $400,000 per year, including a $50,000 expense allowance.he president's salary is set by Congress, and under Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, may not be increased or reduced during his or her current term of office.
As such, stratification is the relative social position of persons within a social group, category, geographic region, or social unit.
The German economist Karl Marx argued that social stratification results directly from the relationship individuals have with the means of production. If you own of the means of production, such as a factory, you are a member of the ruling, capitalist, wealthy class, also known as the bourgeoisie.