What suppliers are going to realize is even if THEY are exempt and WE are required to test, it's gonna hit them in a BIG way. Those of us who can't afford the testing will most often chose to close our shops.
Person who closes their shop buys much much less supplies, or even NO supplies. They've lost not only the income to buy supplies, but the reason to buy supplies.
IF they test and are complaint, and we, exemption or not, continue selling. We can buy their supplies and use them with confidence. Even if we aren't going to be required to have their certification at hand. (and more so if we will)
Already some of us were set up to sell wholesale or in
consignment shops, and find we have to take our work back...and may not be able to sell that work on our own,even if we get supplier certs.
And, where do the suppliers get their raw materials? farms and industrial suppliers, and even other suppliers of supplies.... and those people use fuel and hire people to raise the wool, cotton, alpaca, wool... or produce the acrylic, or mine the silver...
It's quite an economic chain, even when i just look at a plushie I just made myself. There are so many hands involved before my hands touch the yarn.
