I'm pissed because I now sport a bruise on my ass after I fell off my chair laughing.But I'm not sure pyramid schemes ought to be illegal. Seems like you're just banning stupidity. I mean all the money flows from the dumb people to the smarter ones. Maybe that's a better use of capital than what the dumb people would have put it to?I understand why you should take down some enterprise like Bernie Madoff's pyramid scheme, because that was very hard to detect for the average person without a ton of research (he only offered slightly higher returns with respect to the risks taken than normal, that's why it went on for so long). On the other hand, if you invest in something like the above, then... Then again, ignore me, because I also think the state shouldn't be involved in gambling, powerball lotteries etc. It's unethical. It's like a sleeper tax on people who either flunked, or more likely, passed but never truly understood the fundamental principal of counting in high school.I'm not saying that poor or uneducated people shouldn't be allowed to buy lottery tickets. That's a choice they are free to make even if it's wrong. I'm saying that the state shouldn't have anything to do with it, it's supposed to be holding itself to a different standard, looking out for general welfare of the entire population.I can understand recreational gambling, but that's not really the same subject, those guys have money to burn for a thrill, but your single parent mom on food stamps really does not in reality.tldr; legalize obvious pyramid schemes, privatize state controlled gambling. LOL!