Entrepreneurial Heroes: Hein Hettinga vs. Big Business

The Washington Post reports in their article Dairy Industry Crushed Innovator Who Bested Price-Control System that "A maverick dairyman named Hein Hettinga started bottling his own milk and selling it for as much as 20 cents a gallon less than the competition, exercising his right to work outside the rigid system that has controlled U.S. milk production for almost 70 years." Eventually, this entrepreneurial hero was tackled by a corrupt cadre of Big Dairy lobbyists and Congressmen determined to keep the price-support system in place to the detriment of consumers. Hein Hettinga is a James J. Hill for the twenty-first century. Three cheers for American entrepreneurs that earn the fruits of their labor, and don't seek legal plunder, patronage and privilege from the state. The United States needs more men like Hein Hettinga. Click here for further reading.