The request to print money can take on different guises, such as a request to cut the interest rate – which initially, under certain circumstances and in the short run may boost growth, but which eventually, after what may be a very short period, leads to inflation.
Other examples could include a request to finance a particular industry, or to purchase government bonds, or to write off government debts. This danger is particularly acute in democracies, because democratic governments – in all countries and at all times – generally have a short horizon, especially when elections are approaching.