If I didn't have income I'd be cutting way back, and with only essential expenses it's more like eight.
I wouldn't plunder my retirement investments to keep spending at the current rate, so if I kept spending the same but didn't plunder, it's more like two months.
I started a good job recently after being underemployed for over a year, and am still financially recovering; normally my emergency budget covers ten months without any income.
It seems like you maybe thought I was saying the exact opposite of what I was trying to say. I'm not sure if that's your error or mine, so let me be clear: "Social construct" doesn't mean "not real", it means "important to consider when dealing with other people".
If they're using fake papers to work, they're paying income tax (and payroll tax is paid for them as well) but can't file for a refund or unemployment insurance payments. They pay into Social Security but won't be able to collect it (though I think anyone under 50 can probably relate to that).
When they buy things, they pay sales tax like anyone else.
They pay their landlady's property tax if renting and pay it themselves if not.
It starts with us!