that's the only thing that's going to whittle down the welfare state - make only people that should be eligible, eligible. not eligible, remove the loopholes that let people stay on it.
We are over populated with idiots who breed additional idiots at a pace that's 2-3x faster than responsible, educated, tax paying citizens.
Not much we can do about that though.
that's why World War One was such a hit at the time, the governments involved finally found a way to get rid of most of the undesirables in four years' time.