Civil servants staged large strikes opposing this and also other reforms. Although general public personal debt and inflation remained a problem in 2004, Brazil's economic climate confirmed indications of progress and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 demonstrated that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's rough economic reform efforts. https://multiflay.com/userinfo.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&do=profile&username=melba.kittelson.451694&from=space