Civil servants staged significant strikes opposing this along with other reforms. Although general public personal debt and inflation remained a challenge in 2004, Brazil's financial state confirmed signs of growth and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 shown that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's hard economic reform efforts. https://brightfrenzy.com/profile.php?mod=space&userinfo=princess-kinsella_451694&action=view&com=profile&op=userinfo