Civil servants staged massive strikes opposing this and also other reforms. While general public personal debt and inflation remained a challenge in 2004, Brazil's financial state confirmed signs of development and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 demonstrated that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's rough economic reform efforts. https://dexitex.com/userinfo.php?do=profile&userinfo=carla_hubbs.451694&action=view