Civil servants staged large strikes opposing this as well as other reforms. While general public debt and inflation remained a problem in 2004, Brazil's financial system showed signs of advancement and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 shown that the majority of Brazilians supported Lula's difficult financial reform initiatives. https://cyberzootopia.com/profile.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&userinfo=blondell-kurtz.451694&mod=space&com=profile