Unless of course, the death of the US dollar is the goal.

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/they-have-lost-control-and-now-the-dollar-is-going-to-die/

They Have Lost Control, And Now The Dollar Is Going To Die

I think that they actually believed that they could get away with it.  I think that they were actually convinced that they could create, borrow and spend trillions…