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As some of you more faithful readers may have noticed, last week went by without an Old Team Tuesday entry. This week will be more of the same. Why? I have decided to push the (usually) weekly feature until later on in the week. Starting next week, Old Team Tuesday will become Defunct Franchise Friday. It will still hold the same content, standards, and informative value with just a few extra days of preparation to ensure the articles are timely, organized, and well-edited. In the mean time, I'd like to hear from you as to what the first Defunct Franchise Friday should be. Cast your vote in the poll below: What team should next week's post discuss? — Matt Birt (@BirtMC) November 28, 2017

In the wee small hours of the morning after Election Day last November, I had a thought. ~200 million Americans didn't vote today. If 75% were eligible voters and were fined $100 each, the US government could've made $15 billion. — Matt Birt (@BirtMC) November 9, 2016 Furthermore, Election Day comes every year, not every four, and we could keep doing it until the US makes bank or people learn their lesson. — Matt Birt (@BirtMC) November 9, 2016 On paper it sounds simple enough. Officials would check the voter log against the social security database, and anyone that didn't sign their name would receive an orange envelope in the mail with a bill. But it's never that black-and-white when it comes to government matters. First and foremost, my math is skewed. It's far too simplistic, and frankly, incorrect. It would actually take over 1,000 years to close that gap without the debt growing, if the voter turnout rate stayed consistent the wh...