Civil servants staged huge strikes opposing this and other reforms. Despite the fact that public debt and inflation remained a challenge in 2004, Brazil's overall economy showed indications of development and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 shown that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's difficult economic reform efforts. https://nodeliverances.com/profile.php?name=Your_Account&username=poppy_reyes_451694&com=profile&action=view