There are miserably poor people in this world, that's right, but it's not because of the LHC or particle physicists. And assuming you're American (most likely)

There are miserably poor people in this world, that's right, but it's not because of the LHC or particle physicists. And assuming you're American (most likely) then your country has far, far, far, far bigger problems than the support it may opt to provide to a fundamental physics search.