Pyramid schemes never die, they just go high-tech. Guaranteed 20,900% return on your investment! (And to think I'm settling for a mere 0.5% in my checking account.) The link was posted on Fark; some of the comments there are funny: "Charles Ponzi surrenders."

And farm subsidies--despite many reports of their demise--don't die either. They just keep growing, in their own inequitable, wasteful way.