>>reporter: nick demos and mary vassilaki are at home helping their children with homework. both parents have seen their salaries slashed by 30 percent over the past 2 years. it's had a huge impact ontheir standard of living and, they feel, their children's future. >>i am telling them that my salary has been decreased twice this year. i am anxious about their extra classes, their sports activities which they love. but i am not sure that they can go on with those." >>reporter: it's not just this family feeling the pinch - the entire greek economy has been contracting for 2 years, and will fall by a further 3.5 percent this year. overall unemployment is 16 percent - 42 percent for the young. >>reporter: many greeks blame poor government and the situation has prompted fury on the streets of athens... >>there should be 300 gallows build outside the parliament and we should hang all of them and their families because of treachery. they just steal and rob. they governed this country with lies and frauds. they deserve nothing else than the gallows." >>reporter: corruption and tax e