Oh I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk.
In fact it works the other way: A government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle class and those who hope to join it.