Civil servants staged large strikes opposing this and also other reforms. While general public personal debt and inflation remained a dilemma in 2004, Brazil's overall economy confirmed signs of development and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 demonstrated that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's tough financial reform endeavours. https://gemstonic.com/userinfo.php?from=space&mod=space&userinfo=carla_hubbs.451694