But, without deep changes to the pension system, his own aides say any success in reining in public spending will be short-lived.
?There?s a perception that the government has lost the communication battle,? said Ricardo Tripoli, leader of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, one of the parties in Temer?s coalition.
More popular Brazilian presidents such as Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Fernando Henrique Cardoso achieved very limited results when trying to reform the pension system.
That was the case in a recent high-school debate in Rio de Janeiro where an economist tried to warn the audience that failure to overhaul the pension system would bring about fiscal crisis and more economic hardship.
Legislators running scared of angry voters may only approve a watered down reform that does little to address the country?s long-term problems.
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