Pension

 

Dear MCU,

We love your programming, thanks. Countless hours have been spent in our home these last few years just not talking to each other, all enjoying the same show. However, I do have a question about how finances work in your imaginary universe. 

So, to clarify,  Earth’s mightiest heroes, the Avengers, who have saved the world—repeatedly—basically function as a volunteer fire department?

The training, the equipment, room and board, are financed by Stark Enterprises, but there is no paycheck? There is no pension? They get a per diem while abroad, but nothing to put in the bank?

Steve Rogers—who helped saved humanity in not one but two different centuries—can barely afford an apartment in Brooklyn?

Sam Wilson—who was snapped out of existence for a half decade and then immediately returns to action at significant life and limb—cannot borrow enough money to save his sister’s business?

That makes me sad. 

Sincerely,

Someone with Too Much Time on their Hands