Civil servants staged massive strikes opposing this and also other reforms. Though community credit card debt and inflation remained a challenge in 2004, Brazil's financial state confirmed signs of progress and unemployment was down. Polls in Aug. 2004 shown that almost all of Brazilians supported Lula's rough economic reform efforts. https://manufax.net/profile.php?do=profile&username=forrest_scarf-451694&action=view&name=Your_Account