Free Fall

At its current rate, the federal government will choke on debt within a decade, says Blaise Ingoglia, a destructive path that leaves Ingoglia nearly breathless.

But rather than fade away, Ingoglia, whose first name is pronounced like blaze, now burns to spread the word about what he calls the greatest threat to the United States in several generations. A Hernando County entrepreneur and rising star in local and state Republican Party politics, Ingoglia is behind Government Gone Wild, a series of Web videos, seminars and blogs. The approach, says Ingoglia, shows people how bad the issue really is.

A recent video Ingoglia produced through Government Gone Wild — “Brother, Can You Spare a Trillion?” — is a YouTube hit. The video surpassed 1.98 million views in late April. “The reason why this resonates with people is it melds satire and motivational speaking in a political atmosphere,” says Ingoglia. “The problem when politicians start talking about budgets and finance is people's eyes start to roll to the back of their heads in boredom.”