Zelenskiy's unconventional campaign, relying primarily on Instagram and a TV show in which he plays a fictional Ukrainian president, proved to be far more successful than Poroshenko's attempt to impose a choice of "me or Putin".
"The anti-constitutional coup in Kiev and attempts to artificially impose a choice between Europe and Russia on the Ukrainian people have pushed society toward a split and painful confrontation," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in Moscow on Friday, calling for a swift return to peace.
But, just as Mr. Frank argued that the Republicans had succeeded in persuading the lower middle class to vote against its economic interests for the sake of cultural values, Mr. Obama may not be imposing a similar choice on the wealthy.
Again, our failure to recognize "all the fifths" of our fellow Americans leads to imposing a false choice upon them: you can have your little bit of health or your little bit of wealth, but not both.
Or it is a religious act, say others: to which the answer is, yes, you may believe that, but if so it is no business of the state to impose a religious choice.
Finally, concerning social welfare effects, optimality imposes a political choice as income tax progressivity leads to three effects: two positive, one negative.
It's a scenario that will swamp our federal and state budgets, and impose a vicious choice of either unprecedented tax hikes, overwhelming deficits or drastic cuts in our federal and state budgets.
In the last decade when federal juries have had a choice between imposing a life sentence and the death penalty, they have chosen a life sentence by better than two to one.
It is that women are judged by exactly the same standards as men.This Hobson's choice is imposing a high cost on both individuals and society.
