Civil servants staged massive strikes opposing this as well as other reforms. Although general public debt and inflation remained an issue in 2004, Brazil's economic system showed signs of development and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 demonstrated that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's tricky financial reform attempts. https://consultingfirm-usa.com/profile.php?userinfo=raina_verdin_451694&from=space&name=Your_Account&com=profile&do=profile