Better late than never. The Court of Auditors finally looked at the active solidarity income (RSA), which had never been assessed since its inception more than ten years ago while its cost for public funds amounts to no less than 15 billion euros per year. And the conclusions are severe on this device which concerns some 2 million households. Access to employment for beneficiaries remains very difficult, thus compromising "
the central promise of the device to make income from work the main bulwark against poverty
", deplore the wise men of rue Cambon in their assessment published on Thursday.
"In the absence of a strong commitment from all the players, the RSA risks evolving, for a growing number of people, towards a simple survival allowance, marking the failure of the ambitions declared in 2008 when it was created
" , also warns the institution.
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