Civil servants staged huge strikes opposing this and other reforms. Even though community credit card debt and inflation remained a difficulty 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 challenging financial reform attempts. https://brushsharp.com/userinfo.php?action=view&mod=space&user=carolyn_therrien_451694