BloombergBusinessweek January27, 2020
DATA: LIBERTY JET, U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS, U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, THE WILDLIFE CENTER OF VIRGINIA, COASTAL PEOPLES FINE ARTS GALLERY, PLANET EXOTIC PETS, BENNY BINION, NATIONAL BISON ASSOCIATION, CALIFORNIA HAWKING CLUB, WYOMING WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION, AMTRAK, NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION,
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How to Be an NFL Owner, Sorta
Sad the Patriots aren’t in the Super Bowl? Yeah, neither are we. But if you want to show
your allegiance to them, or any team, the extremely scientific chart below prices it out.
(To be very clear, though, you probably shouldn’t buy a baby jaguar.)
Patriotmissile:$3m
GulfstreamG650privatejet,operatingbudgetfor one year: $1.6m
Paperback copy of Poe’s The Raven: $5
Canofbrownhigh-glossspraypaint:$9
Symbolicnortherncardinaladoptionkit:$50
Flemishgiantrabbit:$100
KansasCitytoLosAngelesonAmtrak’sSouthwestChief:$178
1 tonofsteel:$557
Ram:$906
Falconhousingandaccessories:$1k
Medium-sizeyearlingbuffaloheifer:$1.4k
Panthercub:$1.5k
Lioncub:$1.5k
TitanI missile,costperlaunch:$1.5m
Beatificationtowardsainthood:$550k
Successful rodeo cowboy’s
annual wages: $150k
Somalibuccaneer’sannualearnings:$53k
Ultracompact portable charger: $21
2-year-old colt: $1.8k
Tiger cub: $2k
American black bear: $2.8k
1971 reparation payment by the Indian Claims Commission for American Indian land seized by the U.S., per person: $1k
Overland trip from the East Coast to California at the
start of the 1849 gold rush, in 2019 dollars: $6.5k
Saddle bronco: $8.5k
Pacific Northwest Kwakwaka’wakw
eagle transformation mask: $9.5k
Adult eagle: $10k
Untrained dolphin: $10k
Somali raider’s annual earnings: $53k
Viking stove: $23k
Mean annual wage, meatpackers: $28k
Texans’ annual income, at minimum wage: $15k
Jaguar cub: $1.5k