There at any number of potential problems a politician may be called on to propose solutions for. We can’t expect them to be experts in each and every one. Right now, the “best” advice they get is probably from those who care the most, i.e. those who have a financial stake in the outcome.
Politicians need better topic advisors that represent their average constituent.
We ALL have a financial stake in the outcome. Furthermore, there are things far more valuable and costly at stake. Like Liberty. Freedom. Justice. You know, those things?
Reducing the equation of politics down to mere financial stakeholders is how you get to the position the United States is in in the first place.
I get that we all like to laugh about those quaint ideals, but it truly SHOULD be the first thing on a politicians mind.
Also, EVERY Congressman has the option of retaining researchers who have the job of becoming experts on every topic imaginable. Never mind access to one of the most extensive libraries known to man. Expertise is easier to come by than you seem to think.
A Congressman being spoonfed information by lobbyists without having his/her own staff doing some digging and USING their powers to subpoena is a Congressman in sore need of replacing.
Nevermind that we don't bother enforcing statutes that make it a felony to lie before Congress.
Again, what's the solution? For people to care to vote for change, they need to care to research and understand the subject themselves, and then consider it a priority after researching well. I doubt that happens. People are getting the politicians they deserve, not the politicians they need.
Politicians need better topic advisors that represent their average constituent.