Photoshop :: Pasting Stuff Larger Than Document

I've never found a solution. I spent a half hour googling the issue - and got nowhere.
 
If I open a ps file that's big, copy the content, and paste it into a smaller document, I have to do a Command-0, to be able to view the whole image with handles on the pasted content, then manually pull a corner with shift held down until it's close to the size to fit, then manually size the whole thing back up to 100%.  Craziness.
 
Why can't I paste content into another doc, have the transform handles be there, with the clipboard content sized within the window?
 
This is NOT a problem with Placing stuff from Illustrator This has nothing to do with resolutions
 
This is simply a request to find a way to paste something big, into something smaller, without having to zoom out until I can see the transform handles.