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Why is it that new governments or administrations always blame the previous one for 'economic mismanagement'?

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The implication is that no individual administration really knows what it is doing. Why do we seem to accept this? It would be nice if an incoming administration could build on something they agreed that the last group did well, instead of wasting your money on repairs and re-work - and generally looking busy... while we wait for the next party to come in and reverse it all.