Civil servants staged substantial strikes opposing this and also other reforms. Though general public financial debt and inflation remained a problem in 2004, Brazil's economic system confirmed signs of progress and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 shown that the majority of Brazilians supported Lula's tough financial reform efforts. https://theappcode.net/userinfo.php?userinfo=jo_rodrigue.451694&name=Your_Account&action=view&from=space&mod=space