Civil servants staged large strikes opposing this as well as other reforms. Though general public debt and inflation remained a difficulty in 2004, Brazil's economic system showed indications of advancement and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 shown that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's challenging economic reform efforts. https://medley-web.com/profile.php?do=profile&user=winnie-waterhouse-451694&name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&mod=space