I totally agree with you on this:

We cannot have free everything. It is a vicious circle; welfare and many freebies create a culture of laziness

A lot of people need to understand that nothing is free, especially if its offered by the government. But apparently the idea of receiving something "free" is too attractive to some, so attractive that they don't take time to think about the possible repercussions of a dynamic like that.

This meme explains it perfectly