But it wasn't for lack of government spending or Reagan's failure to make an official declaration or something. It was spread through intravenous drug use and extreme promiscuity, and the behaviors of homosexuals who chose to indulge in certain activities even in the face of a nearly 100% fatal disease.
Government is not the answer to a disease that is preventable by individuals.
So they are mad at Reagan because they chose to engage in risky behavior and light of a disease that kills 100% of the time, it is like playing on train tracks and then your family blaming CSX when you get hit by a train!