"'I didn't say they would be. Yet if there was a cost involved in the protest more people showing up and agreeing to crowd source the initiative would reduce the burden on people.

The gist of the idea is this... PROTESTORS should never have the right to force other people to pay for something against their will."

This is kind of ass backwards to me.   The protest is in response to government tyranny.   The government then responds with coercion and then has the gall to make protestors pay for it?   What do the protestors have to do rise up in civil war?   Bring guns and shoot cops?    Bring tanks?   What does it take to make the government NOT use coercion and respect free speech?

I see your point about protesting for tax paid programs but the protestors aren't asking to be harressed, censored, abused or even killed by cops so why should they be forced to pay for it?    Yet some would argue they are responsible for such costs because they are challenging the state.   

"The gist of the idea is this... PROTESTORS should never have the right to force other people to pay for something against their will."

Why not?   Isn't that what democracy is about?   Rule of the majority and all?    Granted I don't really believe in democracy or any government process for that matter but if one is going to argue for the democratic process then protesting seems to be implicit.     Frankly I think protesting is completely useless because you're essentially creating a very noisy appeal to authority rather than asserting your own power and authority.    

"Though the protestors could be smart and say these services are only available to supporters. Great, go for it. If I really want it I'll back it.

That way for those protestors who still think the government is actually good and wise at using their money they can get the government to do that. Those of us that think the government is about the last entity you want spending your money will have our money to spend it ourselves."

But unfortunately this isn't a matter of being smart or not.   This is a philosophical difference in values.    You've got one camp that values people's welfare over the potential harm caused by using coercion.   (In fact you'd have those who would be outright antipathic and hostile to those who didn't want to help their fellow man.)  And then you have those who value freedom of choice over supporting everyone equally.    Equality of treatment vs equality of choice essentially.    Wanting everyone to be treated the same is a feature not a bug.    That's why there is so much pushback against things like private healthcare.   Because some people simply can't afford to pay the bills and end up dying, especially with the outrageous pharmasutical costs in the Canada and the U.S.   

Frankly I agree with you.    Medicine and other social safety nets should be crowdfunded.    This not only grants  everyone greater financial freedom but also allows greater health freedom as well.   However something needs to be done about the exorbidant cost of medicine and other such costs.   Along with financial choice also needs to be increasing support for self sufficiency and decentralization.    It won't do to replace a state empire with a corporate one.   

"I think such protests might actually become more common, as they wouldn't likely involve new costs, and would actually reduce them. :)"

That depends on who is benefiting from the operation.    Take the #NoDAPL protests against the oil pipelines crossing over native lands and putting their water at risk.    The water protectors were essentially saying "STOP!  Halt the project!   We don't want your oil coming through our lands and polluting our water."   But to do so would have cost the government and oil companies money.    It would have saved environmental costs and saved costs for the people but would have cost the elites money.       

Sure you had an epiphany while sitting on the toilet but paying for protests seems mad.    Crowdfunding a real solution seems a better idea than protesting in the first place.

1.) He is over 90 Years old. 
2.)  He is not american.
3.) Doesn't Cost a penny to lie and hide truth. History proves that.
4.) Without a trace? With people forwardly admitting it...
5.) I guess buses pay and gas themselves.
6.) He served beside Hitler In ww2. No one would even vote for him.
7.) ALL politicians and leaders are dictators since JFK, Trump no different.
8.) He loses because he is a loser, It's what losers do. He is 1 man Vs. Mass population.
Good luck to anyone winning that.
9.) He has been financing millions since after ww2 and USA is result in current day.
10.) Mindless sheep make themselves, they had/have no brain themselves. One
can only control THEMSELVES, not another.
11.) Brainwashed sheep, is in 2017 openly known as MK Ultra. And, a follower instead
of a leader. aka programming. Even parents do it.
12.) When people realize they need no "Parent" leader to guide them,  protests
will be void and useless costing no time or energy to win or be heard.

Hope it helps!