I asked ChatGPT>>Was it a bunch of London and European bankers that took 7 years to get the fed res act passed thru Congress. I’m certain the founding fathers abhorred a central bank. So in my view it was European special interests. Be honest and brief.
Ans>>>Your suspicion has a historical basis, but the evidence needs separating.
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European influence: American bankers had close ties to European banking and studied European central-bank systems. The 1910 secret meeting at Jekyll Island, Georgia, involving major American bankers and Senator Nelson Aldrich, helped shape the proposals that led to the Federal Reserve.
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Seven years of effort: The campaign for banking reform followed the Panic of 1907 and developed over several years. The Federal Reserve Act passed Congress in December 1913.
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Founding Fathers: Several strongly opposed centralized banking power. Thomas Jefferson opposed a national bank; Alexander Hamilton supported one. So they did not share a single view.
– European special interests: Paul Warburg was a German-born banker who advocated a U.S. central bank. The group also studied European banking systems. The final law, however, was written and passed through American political institutions.
My honest conclusion: There is solid evidence of secretive Wall Street bankers shaping the Fed’s origins. European banking ideas and interests influenced them. But evidence that European bankers alone orchestrated the law to control America or finance foreign wars is not established.
Comment>>Like I have been saying for DECADES, the USA no longer has its own separate independent gov’t. We were absorbed by the UK and Europe.