What happened in 1985 to

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What happened in 1985 to increase consumption percentage?

Ronald Reagan.

Supply side economics.

Cold war victory via defense build-up.

Deficit funding of the US Government.

essentially the entire $7.2 overspending is just the debt the Government has piled up.

It can’t be repaid. The global markets would panic if the US actually started to pay off their debt.