Civil servants staged large strikes opposing this along with other reforms. Whilst general public personal debt and inflation remained an issue in 2004, Brazil's overall economy 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://moonzflower.com/userinfo.php?do=profile&name=Your_Account&action=view&username=magdalena.stone.451694