Civil servants staged enormous strikes opposing this as well as other reforms. Whilst general public debt and inflation remained a challenge in 2004, Brazil's economic climate showed indications of development and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 shown that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's tough financial reform initiatives. https://brightfrenzy.com/profile.php?do=profile&action=view&com=profile&user=stephany.welsh-451694