Civil servants staged huge strikes opposing this as well as other reforms. Although public financial debt and inflation remained a difficulty in 2004, Brazil's financial state confirmed indications of progress and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 demonstrated that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's tough financial reform initiatives. https://theappcode.net/userinfo.php?do=profile&userinfo=athena-vanhorn_451694&name=Your_Account