Gosar to town hall: Forget what I own and what I make. I live like the rest of you folks.

by David Safier

When Rep. Paul Gosar was up in Tusayan, near the Grand Canyon, at a town hall, he said, "I ain't wealthy. . . . I live like the rest of you folks."

And you gotta believe him, because he said "ain't." Wealthy people don't say "ain't."

Except . . .

His building for his dental practice is worth about a million. His dental practice itself, about half a million more. The antique store he owns, another half a million or so.

Oh, and then there's his salary as a congressman: $174,000 a year.

The approximate median income of people in his district? About $33,000.

But according to Gosar, his combined well-over-a-million-dollar net worth doesn't make him wealthy. "I live like the rest of you folks," he says. You gotta wonder how the poor guy scrapes by.

Here's the video, followed by the money quote.

GOSAR: In the last election I was labeled a millionaire. Seriously. I ain’t wealthy. I built my own house, I wouldn’t do it again. I own my building, I have a dental practice. I live just like the rest of you folks. It’s all on paper, it’s not in cash.

h/t to Think Progress for the catch.

IS HE A MILLIONAIRE? UPDATE: OK, I wanna be fair. Gosar may not be a millionaire. According to Open Secrets, his net worth could be as low as $865,006, or as high as $2,149,999. If we lowball it, he misses millionaire status by $134,994. The high figure puts him at double millionaire status. We report. You decide.