Civil servants staged massive strikes opposing this together with other reforms. Even though general public personal debt and inflation remained a dilemma in 2004, Brazil's economy confirmed indications of progress and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 demonstrated that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's tough financial reform attempts. https://cyberzootopia.com/userinfo.php?from=space&action=view&username=carmela.grier-451694&op=userinfo&mod=space