Some examples of the ways a Paper Tiger creates a self serving, self surviving borderline illegal operation to gather more public funds. They create these groups, associations, consultants or whatever buzzword they have at the time in an effort to justify stealing from others. All being done at risks to public safety. They all invite their buddies, get money from each others organization and move onto next. Tell us how this is not a ponzi scheme. 
They all get together to socialize and call it training. Spending funds better used to train our local first responders all for themselves. Or even charging their own department to send people to their scam. Are they not already being paid to teach the crews? How do these people plan to look into their makers face after death? How do they even look themselves in the mirror?