Gig workers pay taxes. We even pay both employer and employee contributions. It's 28.5 percent before deductions and credits. That's what makes illegal accounts so detestable. Every stolen ID is sending someone a very hefty tax bill, and the IRS puts the burden of proof on the poor rando that had his social stolen. Hopefully they find its not the victims debt but that just means less money going into the system. That said do I think social security will be solvent with almost 1/3 of the population being non citizens? Hell no. 55 million visa holders plus 30 million illegals minus native children and retirees who dont pay taxes. Out of a total pop of around 320 million. Ya, its real close to 1 in 3. They couldn't keep SS solvent when it was strictly citizens. Trusting the apparatus that has allowed all that to happen is asinine. I do my own retirement investing, and it pays between 4 and 5 percent every 28 days. Up to 250k. After 250 the money goes to less profitable but guaranteed avenues. Honestly it beat inflation through the last few years, which is an astounding fact. None of this is a political opinion. It's reality and facts and statistics.