# Tweet by [@keefmoon](http://twitter.com/keefmoon) on 2016-09-04 21:35:43 > [!INFO] Archived from [original tweet](http://twitter.com/keefmoon/status/772548723822002176) In reply to: [@DanielJHannan](http://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/772440212282675200) @DanielJHannan purpose of taxes isn't to disincentivise, it's to raise money to run the gov. Just easier to justify that for "bad" things.