Civil servants staged huge strikes opposing this as well as other reforms. Although general public personal debt and inflation remained a dilemma in 2004, Brazil's economy confirmed signs of growth and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 shown that the majority of Brazilians supported Lula's tough financial reform efforts. https://prrush.com/profile.php?mod=space&action=view&name=Your_Account&com=profile&user=blondell-kurtz.451694