Meanwhile, it’s fine to accept, spend and frolic in Democratic largesse without guilt. Money is not repugnant if it’s attached to Democrats whose government connections or family hierarchy made them millionaires. An ostentatious inauguration party courtesy of billionaire Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker — imagine if all that money instead went to charity — was revered and devoured, down to the last canape. His initiative to double the salaries of his inner circle, using his own money, flew by progressive, close-the-income-gap proponents with nary a raised eyebrow.