Civil servants staged massive strikes opposing this and various reforms. Whilst general public credit card debt and inflation remained a problem in 2004, Brazil's economic system showed indications of expansion and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 demonstrated that the majority of Brazilians supported Lula's hard financial reform initiatives. https://bettaso.com/userinfo.php?action=view&mod=space&op=userinfo&username=lavon_smith-451694&from=space