Athens' streets are quiet as businesses shut their doors on the second day of national strikes.<br/> <br />Greeks are angry their government approved a draft bill that will bring further austerity to their already hurting economy.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Greek) PENSIONER, YANNIS KATSAOUGOS<br/> <br />"This should not pass. They should not have agreed to this in the first place, to none of these memorandums. They voted on the first agreement without even reading it. They are totally irresponsible. It is a totally irresponsible state. One minister said he had never even read the agreement. How can that be possible?"<br/> <br />The draft bill paves the way for a 130-billion euro bailout that saves the country from bankruptcy.<br/> <br />But it also means another 15,000 civil servants will lose their jobs this year.<br/> <br />Many are also worried that the austerity measures do nothing to help the growing number of Greeks struggling with unemployment and poverty.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Greek) UNEMPLOYED ATHENS RESIDENT, DIMITRIS KATSIAMANIS<br/> <br />"With the 1.5 million unemployed that we will have in the next 15 or 20 years, which will mean something like 30 percent of the population. Isn't this bankruptcy? Will we save these 1.5 million? Because there is no recovery programme in this agreement."<br/> <br />The debt-cutting plan is unpopular with unions who have staged a number of anti-austerity demonstrations and strikes in recent months - including yesterday's mass protest which provoked violent clashes.<br/> <br />This weekend's protests are set to culminate on Sunday when parliament plans to approve the draft bill.<br/> <br />Jessica Gray, Reuters
