Civil servants staged large strikes opposing this and various reforms. Even though general public personal debt and inflation remained a dilemma in 2004, Brazil's economic system showed signs of growth and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 demonstrated that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's difficult financial reform initiatives. https://brushsharp.com/profile.php?user=melva_francois_451694&op=userinfo&from=space&com=profile