The idea of choice as free will untethered to outside influences is clearly nonsense. However, people do respond to external stimuli when making decisions. Tran

The idea of choice as free will untethered to outside influences is clearly nonsense. However, people do respond to external stimuli when making decisions. Translation: the machine that is my brain considers things like cost when following the laws of physics and chemistry down a deterministic path. In other words, taxes can influence behavior, regardless of the role of "choice".