A dose of tyranny can change one's mind about being the regime's lapdog

So it is with the Business Roundtable:

The Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of 200 leading U.S. companies, is weighing formally opposing Obamacare, which it had previously supported.

The association cited recent lawsuits by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against company health policies as the reason for the shift.

"The fact that the EEOC sued is shocking to our members," said Maria Ghazal, the group's vice president, told Reuters on Saturday. "They don't understand why a plan in compliance with the ACA is the target of a lawsuit. This is a major issue to our members."

This is the kind of  crud you run into when you allow government a say in how you conduct your affairs.   Sprawling Leviathan that the state is, its various tentacles can be at loggerheads with each other, and your organization can get caught in the crossfire.  A company institutes a "wellness program," primarily because Freedom-Hater-care makes it beneficial to do so, but possibly just because it's the cool thing to do in this age of corporate cultures that pretty much insist on "associates" having a healthy, robust lifestyle.  Then another branch of government sees discrimination agains disabled people and calls a halt to it:

Nevertheless, the EEOC filed suit against wellness programs at some companies, most notably at Honeywell International, which required employees and their spouses to undergo biometric screening to determine their cholesterol levels and body mass index or face a $1,000 fine.

In an October court filing, the EEOC said the penalties violate the Americans With Disabilities Act. The claim angered the Roundtable, which had worked hard with the administration to craft a wellness program policy that didn't run afoul of anti-discrimination laws. Business groups had lobbied aggressively for the provision when Obamacare was being written, and thought they had reached an agreement with the administration.

Don't those fools and bootlickers in the Roundtable understand that the pointy-heads at EEOC aren't going to have anything to do if they can't find some discrimination to go after?

The irony here is quite rich.  Puking all over themselves to be good "corporate citizens" and getting caught in the grasp of Leviathan for their troubles.

Here's a novel idea: Leave people alone.  Hire them to perform functions you need performed and don't bother yourself about their weight or cholesterol levels.  And leave corporations alone.  What they pay people who work for them or offer or don't offer in the way of benefits ought not to be any of government's concern.

But freedom is elegantly simple, and therefore intimidating to those who have never considered doing something constructive with their lives.