There is no point in shooting RAW unless it is your intention to finish each picture off yourself. Straight printing of a RAW file defeats it's purpose, which is maximizing the information of each file. Quite often a RAW file looks bland coming out of the camera. This is because each uncompressed layer contains information that may or may not be visible, but it contains the maximum amount of color variation, contrast variation, etc. which must be brought out in the post-processing situation.
I shoot RAW when I need the maximum tonal range, when the image needs the maximum manipulation, and especially if the lighting is such that I'm in danger of blowing out highlights.
RAW can be compared to the post-processing that labs do for the average snapshooter. The amount of manipulation done is quite amazing - there is no such thing as a "pure" unretouched photo. I kind of laugh at people who think that their images are "straight"; I worked in a lab for years and assure you that a lot of manipulation goes on.