Civil servants staged large strikes opposing this and also other reforms. Whilst public credit card debt and inflation remained a problem in 2004, Brazil's financial state showed signs of development and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 demonstrated that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's tough economic reform efforts. https://build-mind.com/profile.php?op=userinfo&com=profile&mod=space&from=space&userinfo=kellie.learmonth_451694