<Joe Said>
If people are willing to risk their lives and property by hiring unlicensed and otherwise unqualified hacks, then that is their right in a free society. And when they run into trouble, like if their home or business burns down, or they electrocute themselves, why should any of us care? (Other than the small incidental costs of having the fire department or EMS come out.)
</Joe Said>
Then lets pass a law that says [ Clowns that use "unlicensed and otherwise unqualified hacks" to wire their homes must put up a sign on them that says "Wired by Hack - Do not Save in Case of Fire"] so that the Fire Department does not have to put their people at risk to try and save a burning structure that might not have burned had it been wired by a properly regulated trades person.
The purpose of the rules governing who can do electrical work and that of the other regulated trades; is meant to do more then protect people from themselves. It is also meant to protect me and you and the rest of us from being impacted by a fire in their house right next door to your house.
The history of the CEC, NEC and NFPA codes all owe their existance to the desire to protect society as a whole from the impact of the fool who thinks he knows better.
As trades people... we need to help validate our worth and the service we provide to an ever increasingly cost conscious consumer. By not doing so... we risk falling to the same level of the "hack" in the eye of the market we serve.
