why was buying alaska a good thing
Barandarian, in the particular of case of Alaska it might make more sense. After all, when people say that Alaska was a good purchase, they don;t mean that in the abstract having Alaska in the union is good thing worth paying for.They usually mean that it contained oil and other valuables, and selling/ âtaxingâ those generates indeed a significant flow towards the federal coffins.ow that that doesnât appear to be the case,you can go into more complicated reasons why it was or was not a good decision. But in the case of Alaska, it could been simply the case that it was profitable using any calculus, and knowing that that isnât the case is indeed knowledge.