Civil servants staged massive strikes opposing this as well as other reforms. Though public financial debt and inflation remained a difficulty in 2004, Brazil's overall economy confirmed signs of growth and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 shown that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's difficult financial reform initiatives. https://brushsharp.com/profile.php?com=profile&mod=space&action=view&user=jaimie.seymore-451694