Jay Feely called Social Security a ‘Ponzi scheme.’ In CD1, 175,000 people rely on it.

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: October 1, 2026

Words: 620

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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In the hotly contested Congressional District 1, roughly 175,000 people receive Social Security, a program whose fate could be decided by whoever wins control of Congress. Jay Feely, the Republican on the ballot this year, has called the program a “liability” and called it a “Ponzi scheme.”

That could matter immensely with voters: Recent polling shows that voters in other battleground states this year are eager …

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