That’s not an idea for building, that’s just an idea for the government getting more money. The government clearly doesn’t actually need the money when it cares to do something (based on the stimulus bill and the last decades of deficits).
Governments DID see this coming, both federal and state. California, at one time, was prepared for exactly this crisis. The 2008 financial crisis wiped out state budgets
All those item were needed 3 weeks ago, but the stock were never fully replenish since. Most of those things are perishable.
WTF.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-27/coronavi...
FWIW CA's tax system is pro-cyclical, because they do tax the richest 1%'s more, but the result is that 1%'s don't make any capital gains in recession years so state tax revenues get obliterated during recessions.
I don't think printing money is the answer, if I'm understanding you correctly.