ribit,
re: "an attempt to create so much inflation that the debt becomes managable."
You might be joking, but if so, your joke was accidentally ACCURATE. The only alternatives to monetizing the debt are the even more odious 'debt default,' and some mix of default and monetization.
Monetization is how Weimar Germany got out of its little debt problem. Of course, there WERE a few side effects....

Image of children using wads of bank
notes as building blocks.


Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months