Civil servants staged massive strikes opposing this and also other reforms. Whilst general public personal debt and inflation remained a challenge in 2004, Brazil's overall economy showed signs of development and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 demonstrated that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's challenging financial reform attempts. https://whelex.com/userinfo.php?op=userinfo&user=lawerence_atlas-451694&action=view