They refer to Divvy as a "public-private partnership." They use buzzwords and phrases that sound like Divvy will succeed or fail as any private venture would, at minimal risk to taxpayers: "We are running Divvy like a private sector operation," former Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein told the Chicago Policy Review in November 2013. "The operator is the one that is being pressured to make money." And "if the program is profitable, the city gets to share in the profits at very little risk."