It wasn't for us. Napoleon sold it to us for like 15 mil, which was MEGA cheap even back then. He needed money for his war effort. But we basically got a new free trade-port and new citizens that'll pay taxes. We also inherited the culture that would have come out of it. Imagine if Jazz was French, because Scott Joplin, the father of modern music god rest his soul, would have been French? LOLOL If anyone is arguing that it's for the US then they're dumb