You list about 10 disadvantages in your question. Why not focus on your advantages instead?

- You have 2-3 days off per week (Great time to exercise!)
- You work in an office (Every one I've been to has a fridge/microwave that can be used to store healthy foods).
- You probably have a lot of down time at work (Why not do push ups or run around? I used to think this would look silly in the office until I realized that being fat looks far sillier and letting others determine my success was foolish.

I bet you could list a lot more yourself, like maybe you really enjoy playing a certain sport

You will NEVER be succeed with your current attitude.

Shouldn't it be, "Your Money or the 62-year-old man's life?" After all, it wasn't the cops who were in danger.

Thanks, buddy! Your stupid tax policy just cost me my job since my boss will be paying more taxes than he makes unless he drops his income down to $199,999/yr. At least it feels good to get back at the rich fucker!

So when there was a consensus that the earth was the center of the solar system, the people who believed that were being scientific?

Well you convinced me. Do you have any, uh, data to prove that?

Actually, I'm not even sure what you are trying to prove. From the grandparent:

I'd think labeling is about the only solution to that...

Stock buy backs help sellers of the company (they are the ones who actually get the money). Dividends help holders of the company. As an example to this point, consider all the companies that were buying back shares pre-crash. Clearly they paid more than they needed to (on average, on the order of 40%), so the only people who gained were sellers. If instead they paid dividends, the holders could have spent the money however they wanted. If that spending lost money, at least it was the holders fault.

Just because US tax code has made investors prefer one (worse, IMO) system over the other doesn't mean they are the same.