Nearly 80% of enrollment is "just a transfer of income from the government to families of four year olds" who would have attended preschool anyway.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: Head Start for All

Hundreds of local residents attended a town-hall meeting last month and heard from a panel of security and economic experts that the Gitmo transfer would threaten the safety of local residents and actually result in a net loss for the local and state economy.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Let them meet the neighbors