Would you rather build a house by hand only to have it knocked down, or buy an unfinished house only to realise that the realtor was a con artist and has stolen all of your money?
Uh, Lisa, the whole reason we have elected officials is so we don't have to think all the time. Just like that rainforest scare a few years back: our officials saw there was a problem and they fixed it, didn't they? — Homer Simpson