[Robert A Cook PE]

The annual budget for a collider is just about the same as for a large (government-funded-liberal-artsy) symphony, or opera, or arts museum.....

Construction funding is higher, but more people get something from the collider, on a per-person basis, if you consider the 2nd & 3rd tier results.

[tbw2]

And the gamma knife research that resulted is a benefit that many cancer patients see.