How a secret meeting off the Georgia coast changed your life

What if I told you that a small, secret meeting over a hundred years ago still impacts the money in your pocket today?

It’s a little-known chapter of American history that’s been purposely swept under the rug, but it’s a story you need to hear.

It all starts with a man named Nelson Aldrich.

You likely don’t recognize his name, but Aldrich was a powerful senator in the early 1900s with deep connections to the banking industry.

Back in 1910, Aldrich saw an opportunity to reshape America’s financial future—not through a public debate and an appeal to the American people, (they’d have never gone for it!) but through a secret gathering of some of the country’s most powerful politicians and bankers.

He and his co-conspirators secreted themselves away to a sleepy little piece of land off the coast of Georgia—Jekyll Island.

Behind closed doors, and under the cover of ancient oaks hung heavy with Spanish moss, they drafted a plan that would create America’s central bank.

Just three years later, the Federal Reserve was born. 

It was presented as a way to stabilize the economy and protect Americans from financial panics. But what it actually did was hand over incredible power to a small group of elites who would now control the nation’s money supply.

That same year saw another major change when the 16th Amendment was passed.

America now had a federal income tax.

Before 1913, the government was funded mainly through tariffs and excise taxes. Now, Washington had a direct line to the earnings of everyday Americans. 

Of course the tax was sold as a levy on the super-rich, but it didn’t take long for its tentacles to find their way into everyone’s wallets.

Sound familiar?

The creation of the Federal Reserve and the introduction of the income tax might not seem very interesting or exciting, but they’re at the heart of why we have the financial system we do today—one where the government and powerful elites hold more control over our money than most people even realize. 

Of course this story—the true history of the coup that captured every American’s financial freedom and set our children on a direct course for generational bondage—in never taught in history textbooks.

That’s why we wrote The Tuttle Twins and the Creature from Jekyll Island.

Based on G. Edward Griffin’s The Creature from Jekyll Island, our book teaches kids about that secret meeting, the forces that shaped our financial world, and the real-life impacts of the Federal Reserve and the income tax on everyday people. 

So why does this matter? Well, how old were you when you learned about Jekyll Island and the monster it spawned? If you’re like me, you were already an adult.

I suspect that you’re also like me in that you want your kids to have a better start at life than you did. You want them to be better informed than you were—to see more clearly the realities of the world they live in, and to have the courage and conviction to demand better.

We want our kids to be informed, to know their history, and to understand that they don’t have to accept that what they’ve been told by corrupt media, politicians, and historians is right, or even true. 

When they learn about Jekyll Island and the Federal Reserve, they learn that often the truth is purposely obscured from even (especially!) the people upon whom it has the greatest impact.

They learn to ask questions and to think critically.

They learn about who really holds power—and why.

If you want your kids to understand the true story behind our money, grab a copy of The Tuttle Twins and the Creature from Jekyll Island.

It’s the perfect way to start these important conversations at home.

I’d love to hear how it goes!

— Connor

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