It’s because people who actually know a thing or two about economics don’t want to see trillions of dollars worth of shareholder value erased in the name of yet another failed attempt to make communism work. And while a good chunk of it is held by Bezos&co, it also makes up a large percentage of everyone’s retirement savings and pension plans. And while saint bernieardus and santa aoca want us to believe that number will not be affected by their communist policies and they can tax away that is a flat out lie, bigger than any of trump’s lies. Stock prices are essentially just a multiple of profits, and if profits disappear stock prices go down to near zero and all those trillions simply evaporate. No more 401K, no more pensions, just your meager social security check and a can of cat food that was on sale at PETCO.