Don't you just love the look on the faces of children when they run down the stairs on Christmas morning and see all the presents? The looks on faces of politicians must be highly comparable when they walk into their departments for the first time after coming to power.
Not only do they inherit the reins of power from their predecessors, but they also enjoy the benefits of having access to detailed information on how the former government ran things.
The coalition government has been all too eager to show how badly public sector expenditure was managed under the Labour government, and they have decided to shout from the rooftops about the levels of waste.
We've seen parliamentary questions revealing spending waste in areas like paid for web optimisation.
And we've seen more calls from senior echelons of government for transparency in the public sector.
With public sector expenditure on a drastic decrease, the current government's figures may well look far better from the previous government's book on spending.
And that expenditure is continually becoming clearer for the public to see.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has asked all local authorities to publish details on all items of expenditure over £500.
He also done the same for his own central government department, and details of public sector spending for CLG are now available for all to see.
The Conservative-Liberal Democrat decision to make transparency and public involvement in government a central part of public sector management over the course of the current parliament will undoubtedly see further spending clarification from across Whitehall.
With the public sector books open for scrutiny, perhaps the next government won't have so many 'surprises' to share.