Uh, we are paying it back? Why would any sensible household or business pass on ~1% APR loans to fund investment? Our interest payments are less than 1.5% of G

Uh, we are paying it back? Why would any sensible household or business pass on ~1% APR loans to fund investment? Our interest payments are less than 1.5% of GDP (down from 3% of GDP a decade or so ago). People always whine about not running government like a business...