Civil servants staged significant strikes opposing this as well as other reforms. Even though public debt and inflation remained a dilemma in 2004, Brazil's financial state showed signs of progress and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 demonstrated that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's rough financial reform attempts. https://toppinvestors.com/userinfo.php?name=Your_Account&username=dan-walling_451694&from=space&action=view&com=profile