Hi EsquireH, abe et.al.

Those two books have been in my personal library for a long time.

When I was a kid in school, I had a teacher who told me a tale about the Federal Reserve that I have never forgotten to this day.

After the U.S. declared their independence from Britain in 1776, the flow of taxes from the U.S. to Britain ceased. The audacity of this act and loss of taxes, so inflamed the British, that they tried many ways to recover that revenue scheme. Several times, they tried to negotiate with the U.S. to try and become the lender of last resort, failing each time because America wanted rid of any financial ties with Britain.

The failure of these negotiations led to the war of 1812, which ultimately led to one of the most humiliating deafeats ever to the British.

Many meetings took place behind the scenes in London because the loss of revenue, was seriously impacting the ability of the British Banks to maintain their control.

Over the next several years they tried many more times to get control of the U.S. finances, but each time they failed. America was becoming wise and the request for meetings were ignored.

But the British considered themselves smarter than the Americans and they decided that to succeed, they needed to show compromise and the best way to do that, was get in bed with some of Americas wealthiest people, namely JP morgan et. al.

This prompted the meeting at Jekyll Island and the rest, as they say, is history.

Whether this is true or not, I have not been able to prove, but one thing I know,

"When you trap a rat, it fights back."

Would appreciate anyone who can confirm or deny what I was taught as a kid.

Good Luck to all!