By that logic anyone who pays federal taxes or follows any federal law is under the control of the Federal government.

Yeah, pretty much.

If you wanna work with the Government, you have to follow their rules to the T.

Since the Government is absolutely required (on paper, not practice) to pay for services they contract, they get to have some degrees of leverage. Part of that leverage is being able to make you follow every single rule they have when it comes to working for the Government. This protects the Government from opportunists who might try to take advantage of the Rule of Law -- that a Federal body must honor its contracts to the letter.

You don't have to take a Federal contract. They do have to pay you for the contract you draft with them. It's only logical that the Federal government get some say in how the contract is to be fulfilled, seeing how they have all the risk if things go wonky.

Reread that line, though. "You don't have to take a Federal contract."

That's why the Court's decision today was correct. Since you have a choice to refuse to take their contracts, you have a choice to not play by every single one of their overbearing rules, vaccine mandates included.

Healthcare is different, however, and that ties into subsidies, Medicaid/Medicare, and other insurance mumbo jumbo. That's why this fight will carry on, we just need some time for the proper courts to be notified that injunctions still need to be filed and fulfilled as the higher courts go into the nitty gritty for SPECIFICALLY Healthcare's circumstances.

The Court's decision here colors me hopeful that they are doing their due diligence and covering all angles, making sure to take out the small fish first and the big fish (does the Federal Government get to withhold employment dependent on medical status, regardless of underlying circumstances) last.