Civil servants staged massive strikes opposing this and also other reforms. Whilst general public personal debt and inflation remained an issue 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 endeavours. https://nexuswoot.com/userinfo.php?mod=space&com=profile&op=userinfo&name=Your_Account&userinfo=kurt.fullwood.451694