Perhaps I should have qualified that statement. I meant hire as from a management standpoint. If the job has certain requirements, and you fail to produce the documents that say you do meet the requirements, why should I hire you?
I had to prove I was a citizen, had no criminal record - and got fingerprinted with a background investigation, paid my taxes, had a degree in field of expertise for which I was hired. This was all for a $15.00/hour job when I started.
Prior to that, I was in the Air Force and had a full on security background check for the job I was hired to do. I was subject to more scrutiny at age 18 than Obama been his entire life, and for a job considerably less important than President of the United States.
Again, I ask the most basic of questions. Why? Why lawyer up when you can pony up?
I hope you don’t mind, but I stole your wonderfully apt sentence for my tagline. With attribution, of course.