Doing proper research before the vote

In about two months from now we will all head to the polls to vote for a new Greek government. We have before us some time to think which party but, just as importantly, which candidates we will select. There is a huge, national need to do a systematic "market research" into the candidacies for lawmakers.

For better or for worse, our political system is largely based on the cross we put before the candidate's name on the party ticket. Whoever is the next prime minister, he will be forced to look at the list of elected lawmakers and form his government based on that. If we send to Parliament people who have never worked a day in their lives, who don't know what it means to pay social security or to be afraid of being fired, who only know about trade unionism, university auditoriums and party politics, then the next government will include ministers and deputy ministers that...