Bloomberg Businessweek - USA (2020-01-27)

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